Suffixes Flashcards
ance/ence
act/condion: ambulance, hence
cy
State/condition: literacy, confederacy
er, or
Action: investigator, instigator
ism
Act/manner: symbolism, alcoholism
tude
State: latitude, longitude
ty, y
Quality/state: entity, happily
ure
Act: adventure, literature
dom
State: freedom, boredom
hood
State: parenthood, likelihood
ness
State: manliness, gratefulness
able, ible
Able/likely: edible, credible
ate
Having: desperate, federate
esque
In style of/like: grotesque, oxfordesque
fic
Making/causing: horrific, colorific
ous
Marked by: humorous, rigorous
en
Like/made of: brighten, enlighten
ful
Full of: helpful, stressful
less
Without: helpless, colorless
ly
Characteristic of: happily stressfully
some
Showing: wholesome, chromosome
ward
In the direction of: forward, backward
ate
Become: desperate, hibernate
esce
Become: phosphoresce, luminesce
fy
Make: unify, horrify
ize
Make: hypnotize, sympathize
en
Become: brighten, enlighten