Suffixes Flashcards
-agog, -agogue
Leader
Example: demagogue, pedagogue
-cide
Kill(ing)
Examples: particide, infanticide, herbicide, suicide
-ectomy
Cutting
Examples: appendectomy, splenectomy
-is, -y
Act, state
Examples: amnesia, mania, democracy m, anarchy
-ic, -tic, -ical, -ac
Having to do with
Examples: anthropomorphic m, dramatic, biblical, cardiac
-ics
Things having to do with
Examples: optics, physics
-isk, -iscus
Small
Examples: asterisk - a little star
-ism
The belief in
Examples m: pacifism, terrorism, socialism, communism
-ist
One who believes in
Examples: pacifist, terrorist, socialist, communist
-ite
One connected with
Examples: meteorite, polite, cosmopolite
-logy
Study field of
Examples: Biology, geology, etymology, cardiology
-oid
Resembling, like-shaped
Asteroid, spheroid
-or, -er
One who takes part in
Examples: doctor, actor, teacher, driver
-phobia
Exaggerated fear
Examples: photophobia, claustrophobia, agoraphobia
-sis
Act, state, condition of
Examples: analysis
