Unit 3 Flashcards
-arium
Nominal Suffix: “Place of”
ex: aquarium
-ary
Nominal Suffix: “Place of”
ex: sanctuary
-ble/-bule
Nominal Suffix: “Place of”
ex: stable, vestibule
-bula/-bulum
Nominal Suffix: “Place of”
ex: incunabula, acetabulum
-orium
Nominal Suffix: “Place of”
ex: auditorium, sanatorium
-ory
Nominal Suffix: “Place of”
ex: dormitory, purgatory
-ant/ -iant
Nominal Suffix: “person or thing doing”
ex: assistant, variant
-ent/ -ient
Nominal Suffix: “person or thing doing”
ex: current, gradient
-or
Nominal Suffix: “person or thing doing”
ex: contaminator, motor
aper- /apert-
Base: to open
ex: aperient, aperture
av-
Base: bird
ex: avian, aviary
crem-, cremat-
Base: to burn
ex: cremate, crematorium
dilat-
Base: spread out
ex: dilation, dilator
don-, donat-
Base: to give
ex: donation, donor
firm-
Base: strong, able
ex: infirmary, infirmity
habit- / habitat-
Base: to dwell
ex: cohabitation, inhabitant
i- / it-
Base: to go
ex: exit, transient
lubric- / lubricat-
Base: to make smooth
ex: lubricant, lubrication
moll-
Base: soft
ex: emollient, mollusk
oper- / operat-
Base: to work
ex: operator, postoperative
ori-, ort-
Base: to rise
ex: abortion, disorient
oscill-, oscillat-
Base: to swing
ex: oscillator, oscillopsia
pati-, pass-
Base: to suffer, to endure
ex: passivity, patient
pend-, pens-
Base: to hang, to weigh, to pay
ex: appendix, pendulum
pil-
Base: hair
ex: depilatory, pileous
pred-, predat-
Base: pretty, to hunt
ex: predation, predator
reg-, -rig-, rect-
Base: to rule, to make straight
ex: erector, regent
rod-, ros-
Base: to gnaw
ex: corrosion, rodent
spir-, spirat-
Base: to breathe
ex: respirator, respirometer
string-, strict-
Base: to draw tight
ex: astringent, constrictor
tribu-, tribut-
Base: to assign, to allot
ex: contributor, distributor
vit-, viv-
Base: life to live
ex: revitalize, vivarium
