Suffixes Flashcards by Algernon MonCreif

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-able

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able to be

habitable

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-acy

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state or quality

privacy

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-al

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act or process of

theatrical

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-an, -ian

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relating to, belonging to

American

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-ance, -ence

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state or quality of

brilliance

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-ant

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a person who

supplicant

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-arian

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a person who

librarian

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-ate

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have or be characterized by

desolate

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-cide

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act of killing

genocide

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-cracy

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rule, government, power

aristocracy

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-dom

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place or state of being

wisdom

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-en

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become

smarten

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-er, -or

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one who

lover

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-ese

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relating to a place

Japanese

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-esque

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in the style of/like

arabesque, grotesque

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-ft, -ify

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make, cause (makes the word a verb)

beautify, certify

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-ful

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full of

graceful

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-gam, -gamy

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marriage, union

monogamous

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-gon, -gonic

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angle

decagon

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-hood

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state, condition, quality

parenthood

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-ile

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relating to, capable of

domicile, juvenile

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-ious, -ous

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characterized by

contagious

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-ish

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having the quality of

devilish

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-ism

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doctrine, belief

socialism❤️

-ist

one who | socialist❤️

-ity, -ty

quality of | ferocity

-ive

having the nature | talkative

-ize

become | prioritize

-log(ue)

word, speech | analogy, dialogue

-ment

condition of | commitment

-ness

state of being | faithfulness

-phile

one who loves | Francophile

-phobia

abnormal fear of | agoraphobia

-ship

position held | scholarship (to King's College)

-sion, -tion

state of being | abbreviation