Suffixes Flashcards
-able
able to be
avail-able
-ible
able to be
aud-ible
-al
having characteristics of
person-al
-ial
having characteristics of
president-ial
-ed *
past tense in verbs bonk-ed
-en
made of
wood-en
-er
comparative smooth-er one who does something carpent-er
-est
superlative smooth-est
-ful
full of
joy-ful
-ic
having characteristics of
elctromagnet-ic
-ing *
verb form of something happening in the present
runn-ing
-ion
act, process
occas-ion
-tion
makes an abstract noun from a verb
attrac-tion
-ation
the result of an action condens-ation
-ition
changes an action word into a state of being
expid-ition
-ity
state of condition civil-ity
-ty
quality uni-ty
-ive
function destruct-ive
-ative
relating to inform-ative
-itive
quality of something compet-itive
-ness
condition of something kind-ness
-s
more than one book-s
-es *
more than one box-es
-ness
condition of something kind-ness
-ous
full of wondr-ous
-eous
having the nature of hid-eous
-ious
being like the word it follows luxur-ious
-y
characterized by juic-y
