Suffixes Flashcards
noun
a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
e.g. HEGEL, a famous PHILOSOPHER who lived in GERMANY, believed in an IDEA called DIALECTIC.
verb
a word that expresses an action or state of being.
adjetives
a word that modifies, describes or give characteristics to a noun.
advert
a word that modifies the verb.
e.g. very carefully, greatly improved
able, able
capable of, worthy of
ic
having the quality of, related to
e.g. robotic, melodic
ist
one who does an action or has a trait
e.g. pianist, anesthetist
ion, ion, sion
act of doing, act of being, result of action
e.g. notation, sensation
ity
state or quality of
e.g. novelty, solemnity
logy
study of
e.g. geology, zoology
oid
resembling or almost
e.g. ovoid, asteroid
ous
having the quality of having to do with
e.g. bulbous, venous
novelty
state of being new, a new thing
solemnity
state of being solemn or serious
ovoid
resembling an egg, having oval or egg-like shape
