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Common Suffixes
Study for the SAT with common suffixes
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11th Grade
11/29/2009

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able, ible
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adjective ending: able to, tend to, worthy of
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ac, iac
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adj./noun ending: having, affected by
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age
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noun ending: collection, condition
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al, ial, ual
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adj./noun ending: of, pertaining to
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ance, ence
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noun ending: used to form nouns from adjectives and verbs
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ant
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adj./noun ending: in the act, one who does
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ary
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adj./noun ending: pertaining to, a person, a place
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verb/adj./noun ending
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cy, y
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adj./noun ending: quality or state of being
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dom
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noun ending: state or condition
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ent
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adj./noun ending: having the quality of, performing the action of
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er, or, eer
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noun ending: a person
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er
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adj. adv. ending: comparative--more
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est
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adj. ending: superlative degree--most
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ful
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adj./adv ending: full of, able to, having character of
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fy
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verb ending: make or become
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hood
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noun ending: state, condition
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ic, tic
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noun ending: pertaining to, of, resembling, containing
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ice
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noun ending: person, quality
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il, ile
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adj./noun ending
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ious
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adj. ending: having, characterized by
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ish
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adj./verb ending: of, belonging to, like, somewhat
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ism
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noun ending: condition, belief
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ist
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noun ending: indicating a person
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ity, ty
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noun ending: state, condition, quality
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ive
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adj.. ending: relating to, of the nature of
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ion, tion, sion
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noun ending: condition action
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ize, ise
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verb ending
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less
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adj. ending: without
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like
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adj. ending: resembling
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logy
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noun ending: speech, study of
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ly
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adv./adj ending
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ment
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noun ending: result of, condition of, action of
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ness
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noun ending: state or quality of being
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ose
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adj. ending: full of, resembling
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ous, ious
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adj. ending: full of, like
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ship
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noun ending: skill, state of being
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tial, sial, cial
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adj. ending
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tude
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noun ending: state or quality of
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ward
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adverb ending: in the direction of
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