suffixes Flashcards
-age
action or process, house or place of (drainage, marriage)
-al
action or process (reversal, disposal)
-ance, -ence
state of, action (adolescense, benevolence)
-ant, -ent
one that performs (dissident, disinfectant)
-cide
killer, killing (suicide, pestidice)
-cy
action or practice, state of quality (demoracy, legitimacy)
-er, -or
one that is, does, perform (builder, sensor)
-ism
act, practice, state or doctrine of
-ity
quality, state (clarity, amity)
-ment
action or process; result (entertainment, amazement)
-ology
doctrine, theory, science (biology, theology)
-or
condition, activity (candor, valor, succor)
-y
state, condition, quality; activity or place (laundry, emphathy)
-al, -ial, -ical
having the quality of (educational, peripheral)
-an, -ian
one who is or does (human, American)
