Suffixes Flashcards
“Tic”
Pertaining to, associated with
Therapeutic. A therapeutic brace pertains to the therapy of….
Picture a Tic that points at whatever the word pertains to for example
“ous”
Nervous
Mellifluous
Possessing, having the characteristics of
Picture Gollum hugging and possessing his precious whatever it is the words meaning is
For example nervous you would picture a nervous Gollum timidly hugging and longing for a nerve
“cious”
To be full of
Cious just sounds like us. So the image can be a room full of people “us”
Flirtatious for example could be a room stuffed with people and they are all winking and pointing at you.
-ity
Used to form a noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective’s description.
Used to form other nouns, especially abstract nouns.
Cousin IT snaps his fingers and tea appears it in it. Turing something into a thing or noun. (Not perfect because this would be verbs to nouns) but see if it works)
“bate”
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