Word Knowledge (Suffixes)

Question 1

Suffix: able, ible

Answer 1

Meaning: able, capable

Examples: visible

Question 2

Suffix: age

Answer 2

Meaning: act of, state of, result of

Examples: wreckage

Question 3

Suffix: al

Answer 3

Meaning: relating to

Examples: gradual

Question 4

Suffix: algia

Answer 4

Meaning: pain

Examples: myalgia

Question 5

Suffix: an, ian

Answer 5

Meaning: native of, relating to

Examples: riparian

Question 6

Suffix: ance, ancy

Answer 6

Meaning: action, process, state

Examples: defiance

Question 7

Suffix: ary, ery, ory

Answer 7

Meaning: relating to, quality, place

Examples: aviary

Question 8

Suffix: cian

Answer 8

Meaning: processing a specific skill or art

Examples: physician

Question 9

Suffix: cule, ling

Answer 9

Meaning: very small

Examples: sapling, animalcule

Question 10

Suffix: cy

Answer 10

Meaning: action, function

Examples: normalcy

Question 11

Suffix: dom

Answer 11

Meaning: quality, relam

Examples: wisdom

Question 12

Suffix: ee

Answer 12

Meaning: one who receives the action

Examples: Nominee

Question 13

Suffix: en

Answer 13

Meaning: made of, to make

Examples: silken

Question 14

Suffix: ence, ency

Answer 14

Meaning: action, state of, quality

Examples: urgency

Question 15

Suffix: er, or

Answer 15

Meaning: one who, that which

Examples: professor

Question 16

Suffix: escent

Answer 16

Meaning: in the process of

Examples: adolescent, senescence

Question 17

Suffix: esis, osis

Answer 17

Meaning: action, process, condition

Examples: genesis, neurosis

Question 18

Suffix: et, ette

Answer 18

Meaning: small one, group

Examples: baronet, lorgnette

Question 19

Suffix: fic

Answer 19

Meaning: making, causing

Examples: specific

Question 20

Suffix: ful

Answer 20

Meaning: full of

Examples: frightful

Question 21

Suffix: hood

Answer 21

Meaning: order, condition, quality

Examples: adulthood

Question 22

Suffix: ice

Answer 22

Meaning: condition, state, quality

Examples: malice

Question 23

Suffix: id, ide

Answer 23

Meaning: connected with, belonging to

Examples: bromide

Question 24

Suffix: ile

Answer 24

Meaning: relating to, suited for, capable of

Examples, Juvenile

Question 25

Suffix: ine

Answer 25

Meaning: nature of Examples: feminine

Question 26

Suffix: ion, sion, tion

Answer 26

Meaning: act, result, state of Examples: contagion

Question 27

Suffix: ish

Answer 27

Meaning: origin, nature, resembling Examples: impish

Question 28

Suffix: ism

Answer 28

Meaning: system, manner, condition, characteristic Examples: capitalism

Question 29

Suffix: ist

Answer 29

Meaning: one who, that which Examples: artist, flautist

Question 30

Suffix: ite

Answer 30

Meaning: nature of, quality of, mineral product Examples: graphite

Question 31

Suffix: ity, ty

Answer 31

Meaning: state of, quality Examples: captivity

Question 32

Suffix: ive

Answer 32

Meaning: causing, making Examples: exhaustive

Question 33

Suffix: ize, ise

Answer 33

Meaning: make Examples: idolize, bowdlerize

Question 34

Suffix: ment

Answer 34

Meaning: act of, state or, result, Examples: containment

Question 35

Suffix: nomy

Answer 35

Meaning: law Examples: autonomy, taxonomy

Question 36

Suffix: oid

Answer 36

Meaning: resembling Examples: asteroid, anthropoid

Question 37

Suffix: some

Answer 37

Meaning: some Examples: like, apt, tending to

Question 38

Suffix: strat

Answer 38

Meaning: cover Examples: strata

Question 39

Suffix: tude

Answer 39

Meaning: state of, condition of Examples: aptitude

Question 40

Suffix: um

Answer 40

Meaning: forms single nouns Examples: spectrum

Question 41

Suffix: ure

Answer 41

Meaning: state of, act, process, rank Examples: rupture, rapture

Question 42

Suffix: ward

Answer 42

Meaning: in the direction of Examples: backward

Question 43

Suffix: y

Answer 43

Meaning: inclined to, tend to Examples: faulty