Suffixes Flashcards

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  • acious

- cious

A

state of being, having quality of;

avaricious, precious, capacious, meretricious

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  • age
A

act, condition of;

courage, foliage, bandage

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  • al
A

of being, belonging to;

legal, primal, oficial, regal

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  • ary
  • eer
  • er
A

one who concerning;

secretary, commandeer, commander, engineer, mariner

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  • dom
A

land, state of;

fiefdom, freedom, serfdom

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  • er

- or

A

person who is;

player, orator, lector, actor, employer

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  • hood
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state of;

neighborhood, knighthood, childhood

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  • ic

- id

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state of being, like;

bucolic, acidic, fetid, putrid, tepid

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  • ism
A

way of thinking, belief in, practice of;

idealism, capitalism

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  • ist
A

one who practices, devotion for;

anarchist, botanist, harpist

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  • mony
A

state of being;

matrimony, harmony, monotony

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  • ory
A

place for;

factory, laboratory, depository

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  • ship
A

relation, state of skill;

friendship, relationship

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  • tude
A

state of;

lassitude, rectitude

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  • ward
A

in direction of;

windward, leeward, steward, backward

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