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Suffixes
Term | Definition |
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less | without, lacking |
ness | quality or state of |
ment | the state, action or result of |
ment- SUPERPOWER pay....payment | Poof!Makes a verb a noun |
ness-SUPERPOWER sad---sadness | Poof! Makes and adjective a noun |
less- SUPERPOWER taste.....tasteless shoe....shoeless | Poof! Makes a noun an adjective |
ion, tion, ation, ition- SUPERPOWER react...reaction perfect......perfection | Poof! Makes a word a noun. (often a verb to a noun, but not always) |
ation | the result of a process multiply....multiplication |
able, ible, ous- SUPERPOWER danger...dangerous mention...mentionable flex....flexible | Poof! Makes a word an adjective |
ant, ent- SUPERPOWER defy...defiant persist....persistent | Poof! Makes a word an adjective |
ance or ence permanence attendance | action or process |
ant or ent | performing an action (abandonment), being in a state (describing a state) different reliant |
ful y bounty-ful boss---bossy | full of |
ful, y, ly-SUPERPOWER beautiful, quickly, spicy | makes a describing word- either an adj or adv |
al, ial glacier---- glacial judgement---judmental part....ial | related to |
ive talk---talkative | having the quality of... tending to be... |
al, ial, ive- SUPERPOWER memory...memorial monument---monumental | Poof! makes word an adjective or noun |
acy, dom, ism, ship- SUPEROWER accurate...accuracy mentor...mentorship free...freedom | Poof! Makes a word a into a noun |
dom king-kingdom | area governed by, sate of being |
ism tour...tourism vandalize....vandalism | practice of, system |
ity, ty scarce (not a lot of)...scarcity royal---royalty | the state or condition of |
ity, ty- SUPERPOWER infinite...infinity (and beyond, obvs) responsible...responsibility | makes an adjective a noun |
ate, en, ize, fy- SUPERPOWER education....educate sanitary...sanitize specific-specify | turns words into an action |
ish, ic, ical- SUPERPOWER style....stylish magic....magical | Poof! Turns words into an adjective |