Suffixes and meaning Flashcards

(65 cards)

1
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-able

A

capable
can do
(teachable)

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2
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-age

A

forming a noun
(marriage)

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3
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-agogy

A

leading
(demagogy)

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4
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-al

A

aspect of
(criminal)

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5
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-ality

A

property
(criminality)

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6
Q

-ation

A

state or concept of
(concentration)

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7
Q

-cide

A

murder
killing agent
(suicide)

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8
Q

-city

A

practice
(atrocity)

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9
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-dom

A

state or condition of
(freedom)

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10
Q

-duce

A

bring
(induce)

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11
Q

-duct

A

lead
(conduct)

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12
Q

-ee

A

changes verb to a noun
(employee)

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13
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-eme

A

liguistic unit
(lexeme)

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14
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-ept

A

skill
wisdom
(adept)

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15
Q

-er

A

changes verb to a noun
(writer)
male
(widower)

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16
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-ergy

A

work
(energy)

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17
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-esque

A

in the style of
(Romanesque)

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18
Q

-ess

A

female
(actress)

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19
Q

-free

A

without something
(additive-free)

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20
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-ful

A

full of
(hopeful)

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21
Q

-fusion

A

pour together
(transfusion)

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22
Q

-gate

A

a scandal
(Watergate)

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23
Q

-gnosis

A

knowing
(prognosis)

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-gress

A

to walk
entrance
(digress)

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-holic
love addiction (alcoholic)
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-hood
state/ condition of a group sharing characteristics (brotherhood)
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-ible
capable can do (incredible)
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-ic
adjective (neurotic)
29
-ics
Technology (Physics)
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-ify /-fy
to become make (basify)
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-ish
sort of approximately (greenish)
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-ism
doctrine, act practice, condition (alcoholism)
33
-ity
eypressing state or condition (normality)
34
-ive
make the noun an adjective (defensive)
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-ize/ -ise
to cause, to be (idolize)
36
-less
lack of (homeless)
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-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)
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-pend
to hang (impend)
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-polis
referring to city or big area (metropolis)
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-proof
damage or difficulty (fire-proof)
52
-related
connected with (age-related)
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-ridden
a lot of (crime-ridden)
54
-science
knowing (omniscience)
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-script
written (manuscript)
56
-ship
circle, state of being land (friendship)
57
-stan
country (Adghanistan)
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-ville
city (Nashville)
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-voke
call (invoke)
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-vore/ -vorous
to devour (carnivore)
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-ward/ -wards
direction (southward)
62
-ware
software, stuff (hardware)
63
-where
location (everywhere)
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-wise
direction, regarding (clockwise)
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-y
having the quality of (runny)