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Suffixes
with word examples- SAT Prep
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| able | pliable, returnable |
| acious, cious | capacious, meretricious |
| age | courage, foliage |
| al | legal, regal |
| ance, ence | abundance, indulgence |
| ate | candidate, advocate |
| ary, eer, er | secretary, engineer, mariner |
| cy | adequacy, presidency |
| dom | freedom, serfdom |
| ence | prescence, credence |
| er, or | player, actor |
| escent | adolescent, putrescent |
| fy | beautify, sanctify |
| hood | knighthood, childhood |
| ic, id | bucolic, acrid |
| il, ile | evil, servile |
| ion | desperation, perspiration |
| ious | spacious, illustrious |
| ish | boyish, foolish |
| ism | idealism, capitalism |
| ist | anarchist, harpist |
| ive | abusive, plaintive |
| mony | harmony, matrimony |
| ness | willingness, shrewdness |
| or, er | monitor, employer |
| ory | factory, depository |
| ous, ose | ponderous, verbose |
| ship | friendship, gamesmanship |
| some | loathsome, fearsome |
| tude | lassitude, rectitude |
| ward | windward, backward |
| y | unruly, showy |