Suffixes Flashcards by Lillian Thurber

-aceous

belonging to, characterized by, having to do with, or resembling ex: herbaceous, sebaceous

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-al, -eal, -ial, -ual

belonging to, characterized by, having to do with, or resembling ex: partial, corporeal

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-an, -ane, -ian

belonging to, characterized by, having to do with, or resembling ex: ovarian, Roman, urbane

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-ar

belonging to, characterized by, having to do with, or resembling ex: ocular patellar

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-ary

belonging to, characterized by, having to do with, or resembling ex: mammary, pulmonary

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-ate

belonging to, characterized by, having to do with, or resembling ex: ovate, rugate

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-ic, -tic

belonging to, characterized by, having to do with, or resembling ex: aquatic, pelvic, sonic

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-ile, -il

belonging to, characterized by, having to do with, or resembling ex: civil, juvenile, penile

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-ine

belonging to, characterized by, having to do with, or resembling ex: bovine, uterine

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-able

tending to, inclined to, or able to be ex: durable, ineffable, permeable

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-acious

tending to, inclined to, or able to be ex: audacious, efficacious, loquacious

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-id

tending to, inclined to, or able to be ex: fervid, liquid, morbid

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-ile

tending to, inclined to, or able to be ductile, facile, volatile

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-itious

tending to, inclined to, or able to be ex: excrementitious, repetitious

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-ive

tending to, inclined to, or able to be ex: destructive, elusive

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-ory

tending to, inclined to, or able to be ex: advisory, regulatory, sensory

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-ulous

tending to, inclined to, or able to be ex: credulous, scrupulous, tremulous

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-uous

tending to, inclined to, or able to be ex: conspicuous, superfluous

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-lent

full of ex: somnolent, virulent

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-ose

full of ex: adipose, varicose

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-ous

full of ex: cancerous, mucous

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-ance, -ancy, -ence, -ency

quality of being, state of being, act of, result of the act of ex: absorbency, adolescence, tolerance

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-ia

quality of being, state of being, act of, result of the act of ex: cornucopia, inertia, insomnia

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-ion

quality of being, state of being, act of, result of the act of ex: accretion, cohesion, refraction

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-itude

quality of being, state of being, act of, result of the act of ex: aptitude, latitude, multitude

-ity, -ety, -ty

quality of being, state of being, act of, result of the act of ex: cupidity, subtlety, virginity

-or

quality of being, state of being, act of, result of the act of ex: candor, tumor, vigor

-y

quality of being, state of being, act of, result of the act of ex: infamy, malady, misery

-cle, -cul-

act of, result of, means of ex: receptacle, spectacle

-crum, -cr-

act of, result of, means of ex: ambulacrum, simulacrum

-culum

act of, result of, means of ex: speculum, tentaculum

-men, -min-

act of, result of, means of ex: acumen, tegmen

-ment

act of, result of, means of ex: excrement, pigment

-mentum

act of, result of, means of ex: momentum, tegmentum

-trum, -tr-

act of, result of, means of ex: claustrum, colostrum

-ure

act of, result of, means of ex: curvature, measure

-us

act of, result of, means of ex: stimulus, tinnitus

-us

act of, result of, means of ex: stimulus, tinnitus

-arium

place of ex: aquarium, herbarium

-ary

place of ex: mortuary, sanctuary

-ble, -bule

place of ex: stable, vestibule

-bula, -bulum

place of ex: acetabulum, incunabula

-orium

place of ex: auditorium, sanatorium

-ory

place of ex: dormitory, purgatory

-ant, -iant

person or thing doing ex: assistant, variant

-ent, -ient

person or thing doing ex: current, gradient

-or

person or thing doing ex: contaminator, motor

-cule, -cle

little ex: molecule, muscle

-ellus, -ella, -ellum

little ex: capitellum, patella

-ette, -et

little ex: gullet, pipette

-ule, -ole, -le

little ex: arteriole, globule

-ulus, -ula, -ulum, -olus, -ola, -olum

little ex: fistula, gladiolus

-ate

to make, to perform the act of ex: dislocate, vaccinate

-esce

to begin, to become/grow ex: coalesce, effervesce

-fy

to make, to cause to be ex: classify, glorify

-ize

to make, to cause to be ex: fertilize, naturalize

-cide

killing, murder

-form

form, shape

-fuge

flight, escape ex: refuge, subterfuge

-grade

step, degree ex: retrograde, upgrade

-ped(e)

foot ex: biped, centipede

Suffixes Flashcards

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