Suffixes Flashcards
-able
able to be
habitable
-acy
state or quality
privacy
-al
act or process of
theatrical
-an, -ian
relating to, belonging to
American
-ance, -ence
state or quality of
brilliance
-ant
a person who
supplicant
-arian
a person who
librarian
-ate
have or be characterized by
desolate
-cide
act of killing
genocide
-cracy
rule, government, power
aristocracy
-dom
place or state of being
wisdom
-en
become
smarten
-er, -or
one who
lover
-ese
relating to a place
Japanese
-esque
in the style of/like
arabesque, grotesque
-ft, -ify
make, cause (makes the word a verb)
beautify, certify
-ful
full of
graceful
-gam, -gamy
marriage, union
monogamous
-gon, -gonic
angle
decagon
-hood
state, condition, quality
parenthood
-ile
relating to, capable of
domicile, juvenile
-ious, -ous
characterized by
contagious
-ish
having the quality of
devilish
-ism
doctrine, belief
socialism❤️
-ist
one who
socialist❤️
-ity, -ty
quality of
ferocity
-ive
having the nature
talkative
-ize
become
prioritize
-log(ue)
word, speech
analogy, dialogue
-ment
condition of
commitment
-ness
state of being
faithfulness
-phile
one who loves
Francophile
-phobia
abnormal fear of
agoraphobia
-ship
position held
scholarship (to King’s College)
-sion, -tion
state of being
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