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SAT suffixes
a set of suffixes common to words on the SAT
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| able, ible | capable of, worthy of ex: navigable/ risible |
| ate | to make ex: renovate/ placate |
| cess, cede | to go, to yield ex: precede/acede/ secession |
| cide | killing, to kill ex: genocide/ uxoricide |
| cis | cut ex: incision/ excise |
| ette | little ex: cigarette/ dinette/ coquette |
| ify, efy | to make ex: ossify/ deify |
| illo | little ex: armadillo/ peccadillo |
| ist | person ex: pugilist/ pacifist |
| ity | turns word into a noun ex: jollity/ serenity/ timidity |
| ize | to make ex: ostracize |
| logy, ology | study ex: biology/geology/phrenology |
| ous | full of (very) ex: amorous/ capacious |