Suffixes Flashcards by Ryan Michael | Brainscape

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-acy

Examples: democracy, privacy, and infancy.

A

Meaning the state or quality of.

POS: noun

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-ance, -ence

Examples: trance, presence, resistance, independence, or fraudulence.

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Meaning the state or quality of.

POS: noun

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-ion

Examples: union or lion.

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Meaning the state or quality of.

POS: noun

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-ity and -ty

Examples: quantity, salty, or grouchy.

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Meaning quality of.

POS: noun

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-ness

Examples: darkness, kindness, or rudeness.

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Meaning the state of being.

POS: noun

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-sion and -tion

Examples: nation, inflation, or termination.

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Meaning state of being.

POS: noun

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-dom

Examples: freedom, kingdom, or seldom.

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Meaning place or state of being.

POS: noun

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-ory

Examples: glory, pillory, or accusatory.

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Meaning place or tending to.

POS: noun

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-al

Examples: lethal, coeval, or neural.

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Meaning act or process of.

POS: noun

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-ment

Examples: movement, pediment, or sediment.

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Meaning condition of.

POS: noun.

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-ry

Examples: savory or accessory.

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Meaning occupation of OR goods/products.

POS: noun

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-ship

Examples: leadership, relationship.

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Meaning position held.

POS: noun.

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-er, -or

Examples: leader or senator.

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Meaning one who.

POS: noun

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-ist

Examples: pacifist, racist, or protagonist.

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Meaning one who.

POS: noun

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-ate

Examples: dictate, compensate, or elevate.

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Meaning to become.

POS: verb

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-en

Examples: lengthen or strengthen.

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Meaning to become.

POS: verb

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-ize, -ise

Examples: realize, socialize, or advertise.

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Meaning to become.

POS: verb

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-ify, -fy

Examples: identify, defy, or clarify.

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Meaning to make or become.

POS: verb

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-al

Examples: mental, physical, or instrumental.

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Meaning pertaining to.

POS: adjective

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-ic, -ical

Examples: political, public, or comical.

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Meaning pertaining to.

POS: adjective.

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-y

Examples: sticky, glossy, or stringy.

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Meaning characterized by.

POS: adjective

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-able, -ible

Examples: translatable, accessible, or admissible.

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Meaning capable of being.

POS: adjective

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-ish

Examples: Amish, babyish, or bullish.

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Meaning have the quality of.

POS: adjective

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-ive

Examples: native, abusive, or compulsive.

A

Meaning having the nature of.

POS: adjective

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-esque

Examples: Romanesque or grotesque

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Meaning reminiscent of.

POS: adjective

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-ful

Examples: wonderful, bashful, or artful.

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Meaning notable for.

POS: adjective

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-ious, -ous

Examples: hideous, vicious, or cautious.

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Meaning full of.

POS: adjective

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-less

Examples: selfless or action-less.

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Meaning without.

POS: adjective