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Suffixes
Prefix/Suffix/Roots
| Meaning | Example |
|---|---|
| state, rank, condition | freedom, wisedom |
| doer, maker | hunter, writer |
| state, condition | childhood,statehood |
| quality, state | softness |
| process, state, rank | passage, bondage |
| act, condition, fact | acceptance,vigilance, hesitancy |
| one that does | coward, braggart |
| rank, office | delegate, primate |
| action, state, result | occupation, starvation (-ation) |
| state, condition | accuracy |
| one reciving action | refugee, employee |
| doer, worker at | engineer |
| act, condition, fact | evidence, patience |
| doer, native of | westerner |
| skill, action, collection | surgery, robbery |
| feminine | lioness |
| little, feminine | majorette |
| action, result, state | union, fusion |
| act, manner, doctrine | baptism, socialism |
| doer, believer | monopolist,socialist |
| action, state, result | expedition (-ition) |
| state, quality, condition | civility |
| means, result, action | disappointment |
| doer, office, action | juror, honor |
| condition, practice, collection | dentistry, jewelry |
| action, condition | creation, relation |
| quality, state, result | fortitude, mulititude |
| quality, state | novelty, beauty |
| act, result, means | culture, signature |
| result, action, quality | jealousy, inquiry (-y) |
| like, of the nature of | friendly, cowardly |
| apt to, showing | tiresome, lonesome |
| in the direction of | backward, homeward |
| showing, suggesting | hilly, sticky |
| able, likely | capable |
| having, showing | animate, seperate |
| becoming, growing | quiescent (-escent) |
| in the style of, like | picturesque (-esque) |
| making, causing | terrific |
| able, likely, fit | edible |
| marked by, given to | religious, comatose (-ose and-ous) |
| doer, pertaining to | rival, animal |
| one belonging to, pertaining to | European (-an) |
| actor, agent, showing | servant |
| belonging to, one connected with | primary |
| doing, showing, actor | confident |
| of a place or style, style | Chinease |
| pertaining to, one belonging to | barbarian |
| dealing with, caused by, person or thing, showing | classic |
| marked by, one marked by | servile |
| marked by, dealing with, one marked by | canine, marine |
| formed, showing, one marked by | favorite |
| belonging or tending to, one belonging to | native |
| doing, pertaining to, place or thing for | accessory |
| cause to be, become | deepen |
| become, from, treat | populate |
| become, grow, continue | convalesce |
| make, cause, cause to have | glorify |
| do, make, perform | punish |
| make, cause to be | sterilize |
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Shelblee
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