suffixes that form nouns Flashcards
Learn common suffixes that form Nouns
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meaning
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examples
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acy-state or condition
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democracy, intimacy
3
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age-result of action
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marriage, drainage
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al-action
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denial, rebuttal
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ance/ence-state or quality of
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maintenance, preference
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ant-ent-performer of action
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occupant, superintendent
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tion-action;state result
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expectation, transformation
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dom-condition; domain
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boredom, kingdom
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ee-receiver of action
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employee, trainee
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neer=one involved in activity
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auctioneeer, mountaineer
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or-performer of an action
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competitor, investor
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ful=amount
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cupful, mouthful
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hood-state of condition of
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childhood, widowhood
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ism=doctrine; system; belief
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Buddhism, imperialism
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ist-one who does or follows
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organist, physicist
