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Gk and Lt suffixes
Greek and latin Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| able, ible | able, capable (Capable, agreeable, edible,visible) |
| ade | result of action (Blockade) |
| age | actof, state of, result of (storage, wreckage, damage) |
| al | relating to (gradual, manual, natural) |
| algia | pain (neuralgia, nostalgia, myalgia) |
| an, ian | Native of, relating to (African, riparian) |
| ance, ancy | action process, state (assistance, allowance, defiance) |
| ary, ery, ory | relating to, quality, place, where (aviary, bravery, dormitory). |
| cian | posessing a specific skill or art. (physician, magician) |
| cy | action, function (hsitancy, prophecy, normalcy) |
| cule, ling | very small (molecule, ridicule, animalcule, duckling, sapling) |
| dom | quality, realm (freedom, kingdom, wisdom) |
| ee | one who receives the action (refugee, nominee, lessee). |
| en | made of, to make (silken, frozen, wooden) |
| ence, ency | action, state of, quality. (difference, confidence, urgency, agency) |
| er, or | one who, that which (baker, miller, professor) |
| escent | in the prcess of (adolescent, senescence, putrescence) |
| ese | a native of, the language of (Javanese, Japanese, Balinese). |
| esis, osis | action, process, condition (genesis, hypnosis, neurosis, osmosis). |
| ess | female (goddess, lioness, actress) |
| et, ette | small one, group (midget, barnet, sextet, lorgnette). |
| fic | Making, causing (scientific, specific). |
| ful | full of (frightful, careful, helpful). |
| fy | make (beautify, fortify, simplify). |
| hood | order, condition, quality (manhood, adulthood) |
| ic | nature of, like (metallic, acidic, bucolic, simplistic) |
| ice | condition, state, quality (justice, malice) |
| id, ide | a thing connected with or belonging to (fluid, flouride, bromide). |
| ile | relating to, suited for, capable of (juvinile, senile, purile, missle). |
| ine | nature of (feminine, genine, medicine). |
| ion, sion, tion | act, result, or state of (cancellation, contagion, infection, crenellation). |
| ish | origin, nature, nature, resembling (foolish, irish, clownish, impish). |
| ism | system, manner, condition, characteristic (alchoholism, communism, capitalism). |
| ist | one who, that which (artist, dentist, flautist). |
| ite | nature of, quality of, minera product (Mennonite, dynamite, prelate, graphite, israelite). |
| ity, ty | state of quality (celebrity, captivity, clarity, poverty). |
| ive | causing, making (abusive, exhaustive, abortive). |
| ize, ise | make (emphsize, exercise, bowdlerize, bastardize) |
| ese | a native of, the language of (Javanese, Japanese, Balinese). |
| esis, osis | action, process, condition (genesis, hypnosis, neurosis, osmosis). |
| ess | female (goddess, lioness, actress) |
| et, ette | small one, group (midget, barnet, sextet, lorgnette). |
| fic | Making, causing (scientific, specific). |
| ful | full of (frightful, careful, helpful). |
| fy | make (beautify, fortify, simplify). |
| hood | order, condition, quality (manhood, adulthood) |
| ic | nature of, like (metallic, acidic, bucolic, simplistic) |
| ice | condition, state, quality (justice, malice) |
| id, ide | a thing connected with or belonging to (fluid, flouride, bromide). |
| ile | relating to, suited for, capable of (juvinile, senile, purile, missle). |
| ine | nature of (feminine, genine, medicine). |
| ion, sion, tion | act, result, or state of (cancellation, contagion, infection, crenellation). |
| ish | origin, nature, nature, resembling (foolish, irish, clownish, impish). |
| ism | system, manner, condition, characteristic (alchoholism, communism, capitalism). |
| ist | one who, that which (artist, dentist, flautist). |
| ite | nature of, quality of, minera product (Mennonite, dynamite, prelate, graphite, israelite). |
| ity, ty | state of quality (celebrity, captivity, clarity, poverty). |
| ive | causing, making (abusive, exhaustive, abortive). |
| ize, ise | make (emphsize, exercise, bowdlerize, bastardize) |
| logy | study, science, theory (biology, anthropology, geology, neurolgy). |
| ly | like, manner of (carelessly, fearlessly, hopelessly). |
| ment | act of, state or, result (containment, contenment, amendment). |
| ness | state of (carelessness, restlessness). |
| nomy | law (autonomy, economy, taxonomy). |
| oid | resembling (asteroid, spheroid, rhomboid, anthropoid). |
| ous | full of, having (gracious, nervous, pompous). |
| ship | state of, office, quality (assitantship, friendship, authorship) |
| some | like, apt, tending to (lonesome, lissome, threesome, gruesome). |
| tude | state of, condition of (gratitude, apitude, multitude). |
| ure | state of, act process, rank (culture literature, rupture, rapture). |
| ward | in the direction of (eastward, downward, backward). |
| y | inclined to, tend to (cheery, crafty, faulty). |
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