Suffixes and meaning Flashcards
(65 cards)
1
Q
-able
A
capable
can do
(teachable)
2
Q
-age
A
forming a noun
(marriage)
3
Q
-agogy
A
leading
(demagogy)
4
Q
-al
A
aspect of
(criminal)
5
Q
-ality
A
property
(criminality)
6
Q
-ation
A
state or concept of
(concentration)
7
Q
-cide
A
murder
killing agent
(suicide)
8
Q
-city
A
practice
(atrocity)
9
Q
-dom
A
state or condition of
(freedom)
10
Q
-duce
A
bring
(induce)
11
Q
-duct
A
lead
(conduct)
12
Q
-ee
A
changes verb to a noun
(employee)
13
Q
-eme
A
liguistic unit
(lexeme)
14
Q
-ept
A
skill
wisdom
(adept)
15
Q
-er
A
changes verb to a noun
(writer)
male
(widower)
16
Q
-ergy
A
work
(energy)
17
Q
-esque
A
in the style of
(Romanesque)
18
Q
-ess
A
female
(actress)
19
Q
-free
A
without something
(additive-free)
20
Q
-ful
A
full of
(hopeful)
21
Q
-fusion
A
pour together
(transfusion)
22
Q
-gate
A
a scandal
(Watergate)
23
Q
-gnosis
A
knowing
(prognosis)
24
Q
-gress
A
to walk
entrance
(digress)
25
-holic
love
addiction
(alcoholic)
26
-hood
state/ condition of
a group sharing characteristics
(brotherhood)
27
-ible
capable
can do
(incredible)
28
-ic
adjective
(neurotic)
29
-ics
Technology
(Physics)
30
-ify /-fy
to become
make
(basify)
31
-ish
sort of
approximately
(greenish)
32
-ism
doctrine, act
practice, condition
(alcoholism)
33
-ity
eypressing state or condition
(normality)
34
-ive
make the noun an adjective
(defensive)
35
-ize/ -ise
to cause, to be
(idolize)
36
-less
lack of
(homeless)
37
-let
diminutive
(hamlet)
38
-ling
smaller, younger, cuter
(darling)
39
-ily
like, having
(quickly)
40
-mania
an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action noun
(megalomania)
41
-orgraphy/ -orgram
writing, description
(geography)
42
-ologist
one who studies a scientific subject
(archaeologist)
43
-ology
study, science
(astrology)
44
-omics
study of rules
(economics)
45
-onomy
knowledge of
(astronomy)
46
-onym
name, word
(heteronym)
47
-or
changes verb to noun
(actor)
48
-ous
adjectival suffix
(porous)
49
-pend
to hang
(impend)
50
-polis
referring to city or big area
(metropolis)
51
-proof
damage or difficulty
(fire-proof)
52
-related
connected with
(age-related)
53
-ridden
a lot of
(crime-ridden)
54
-science
knowing
(omniscience)
55
-script
written
(manuscript)
56
-ship
circle, state of being land
(friendship)
57
-stan
country
(Adghanistan)
58
-ville
city
(Nashville)
59
-voke
call
(invoke)
60
-vore/ -vorous
to devour
(carnivore)
61
-ward/ -wards
direction
(southward)
62
-ware
software, stuff
(hardware)
63
-where
location
(everywhere)
64
-wise
direction, regarding
(clockwise)
65
-y
having the quality of
(runny)