Suffixes

Question 1

-ate

Answer 1

To make

Eg. DUPLICATE - to make double
Eg. RENOVATE - to make new again
Eg. PLACATE - to make peaceful, calm

Question 2

-ette

Answer 2

Little

Eg. CIGARETTE - little cigar
Eg. DINETTE - little dining table
Eg. COQUETTE - little flirt

Question 3

-ify (-efy)

Answer 3

To make

Eg. BEAUTIFY - to make beautiful
Eg. OSSIFY - to become rigid, to make bone
Eg. DEIFY - to make into a deity, a god
Eg. LIQUIFY - to turn a solid into a liquid

Question 4

-ist

Answer 4

A person

Eg. TYPIST - person who types
Eg. PUGILIST - person who fights, a boxer
Eg. PACIFIST - person who believes in piece, a noncombatant

Question 5

-ity

Answer 5

Used to turn a word into a noun

Eg. ANXIETY - anxious
Eg. SERENITY - serene
Eg. TIMIDITY - timid

Question 6

-ize

Answer 6

To make

Eg. IMMUNIZE - to make immune
Eg. OSTRACIZE - to make separate from the group, to shun

Question 7

-ous

Answer 7

Full of (very)

Eg. JOYOUS - full of joy
Eg. AMOROUS - full of love
Eg. PULCHRITUDINOUS - full of beauty