Greek/Latin Suffixes Flashcards by Alexandra Blair

-able/-ably

able to, capable of being (unalienable)

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-acy

state or quality of being (intricacy)

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-age

belonging to, related to (marriage)

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-al

pertaining to, act of (ephemeral)

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-ana

sayings, writings, facts of (Americana)

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-an/-ant/-ent

one who is (charlatan)

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-ance

act of, state of being, thing that (abeyance)

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-ary

belonging to, a relation to (hereditary)

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-ate

having (alienate)

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-ation/-ition

the act of, result of (alteration)

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-ar

relating to, like; the nature of (singular)

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-bulum/-ble

means, instrument, place (stable, fable)

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-cide/-cidal

killer; having the power to kill (suicidal)

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-crat/-cracy

to govern (democracy)

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-culum/-cle

means, instrument, place (curriculum)

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-en

to become or cause to be (darken)

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-ence

act, fact, quality, state (excellence)

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-ency

state of being (dependency)

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-er/-or

one who (volunteer)

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-ery/-ry

a place to/for or occupation of (vinery)

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-esce

becoming (coalesce)

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-fy

to make, cause to be, or become (horrify)

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-hood

state, quality; group of (childhood, priesthood)

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-ian

belonging to, a relation to (plebian)

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-ier

a person concerned with (soldier)

-able/-ible

able to/able to be (flexible)

-ic

pertaining to (prosaic)

-ice

quality or state of being (avarice)

-il/-ile

having to do with (civil)

-ion

the act/result of, one who (opinion)

-ium/-y/-ce/-ge

the act of (refuge)

-cium/-tium/-gium

something connected with the act (compendium)

-ish

belonging to, like (boyish)

-ist

a person who does, makes, or practices (artist)

-itious

having the nature of (nutritious)

-itude/-tude

state of being (aptitude)

-ity

state, character, condition (animosity)

-ive

one who, that which is (elusive)

-less

lacking (tireless)

-like

characteristic of; suitable for (godlike)

-ly

specified manner, extent, direction (hourly)

-men

result or means (acumen)

-mentum/-ment

result or means of an act (moment)

-ness

state or quality of being (greatness)

-oon

one who (buffoon)

-or

act or condition of (precursor)

-ory

relating to, thing which, place where (laboratory)

-ose/-ous

having, full of, characterized by (impervious)

-ship

quality, condition, state of (fellowship)

-some

like, tending to be (lonesome)

-tion

state of that which (commotion)

-tude

state of being (verisimilitude)

-ulus/-ulous

tending to (credulous)

-ure

state or act of (censure)

-uous

tending to (innocuous)

-vorous/-vore

eating/feeding on (herbivore)

-wise

direction, manner, in regard to (clockwise)

-y

state of being (apathy)

-ac/-iac

pertaining to (cardiac)

-agia/-algia

pain (neuralgia)

-ast

one who does (enthusiast)

-clasm

destruction (iconoclasm)

-emia

condition of the blood (anemia)

-genic

suitable (photogenic)

-gram

record (telegram)

-graph

written (monograph)

-graphy

process/method of writing (photography)

-ia/-y

act or state of (euphoria)

-iatrics

treatment of disease (pediatrics)

iatry

healing (psychiatry)

-ic

pertaining to, one who (dogmatic)

-ical

pertaining to, made of (political)

-ic/-ice

art, science, study of (politics)

-ise/-ize

to make, to give (sanitize)

-isk/-iscus

little (asterisk)

-ism

belief in or profession of (baptism)

-ist

one who believes in (Platonist)

-latry

worship of (idolatry)

-lite/-lith

stone (monolith)

-logue

manner of speaking (monologue)

-logy/-ology

science or study of (geology)

-lysis

loosening (analysis)

-ma/-m/-me

result of (theorem)

-mania

madness for (pyromania)

-meter

to measure (centimeter)

-oid

resembling, like, shaped (android)

-oma

tumor (melanoma)

-orama

view (panorama)

-pathy

feeling, disease (antipathy)

-philia/-philic/-phile

love, affinity for; person with a love for (anglophilia, audiophile)

-phobia

fear of (claustrophobia)

-phor

that which carries (metaphor)

-poly

sale, selling (monopoly)

-scope

instrument for visual exam (telescope)

-sis

act, state of (metamorphosis)

-tic

pertaining to (static)

-ant/-ent/-ient

kind of agent, indication (important, convenient)

Greek/Latin Suffixes Flashcards

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