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-able, -ible
EX: portable, adaptable, flexible
NOTE: If this suffix is followed by an additional element, it becomes -abil-, -ibil-. EX: adaptability, flexibility |
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| able to to be, able to, tending to |
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-acious
EX: audacious, tenacious |
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-acity
EX: audacity, capacity, rapacity |
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| quality of being inclined to |
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-acy
EX: accuracy, inadequacy, confederacy |
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| quality or state of being or having |
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-al (-ial, -eal)
EX: vocal, verbal, equal |
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| pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the characteristic of |
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-ance, -ancy, -ence, -ency
EX: vigilance, heitancy, influence, fluency |
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| quality of ___ing, state of ___ing |
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-and(um), -(i)end(um)
EX: agendum, memorandum |
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| that which must be ___-ed |
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-ane, -(e)an, -ian, [-ain]
EX: veteran, mundane, mountain
NOTE: The suffix -an (-ian) frequently forms words which are used as nouns and so come to mean "one connected with" EX: librarian, barbarian
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| pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of |
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-ant, -ent, (-ient)
EX: urgent, apparent, vigilant
NOTE: This suffix frequently forms words which are used as nouns, and so it comes to mean "person who," ot "that which." EX: agent, inhabitant,adherent, servant |
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| equivalent to the English present participle ending -ing |
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-ar
EX: popular, regular, familiar |
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| pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of |
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-ary
EX: literary, military, temporary
NOTE: If this suffix is followed by an additional element, the final y appears as i. EX: precarious, antiquarian
NOTE 2: The suffix -ary frequently forms words which are used as nouns. EX: antiquary, dignitary |
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| pertaining to, connected with, having the character of |
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-ary, (-arium)
EX: library, granary, aquarium |
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-ate
EX: senate, magistrate, electorate |
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| office of, holder(s) of the office of |
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-ate, -it(e)
EX: accurate, adequate, favorite, explicit |
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| possessing, being, etc. This is often equivalent to the English past participle ending -ed. |
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-(i)cule, -cle, -icle
EX: molecule, muscle, particle |
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-el
EX: novel, morsel, panel |
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-esce
EX: convalesce, obsolescent, effloresce |
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-ic, -tic
EX: civic, classic, rustic |
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-id
EX: frigid, rapid, humid |
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-ific
EX: pacific, terrific |
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-ify, -efy
EX: pacify, magnify, liquefy |
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-ile
EX: agile, volatile, reptile |
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| able to be, able to, tending to |
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-ile, -il
EX: juvenile, hostile, civil |
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| pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of |
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-ine
EX: feminine, canine |
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-ion
EX: completion, prevention, production |
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| act of, state of, result of |
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-itious
EX: fictitous, expeditious |
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| tending to, characterized by |
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-ity, (-ety, -ty)
EX: gravity, sanity, society, novelty
NOTE: If this is followed by an additional suffix, the final y disappears. EX: gravitate, sanitary, dignitary |
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-ive
EX: active, attractive, effective |
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-(u)lence, -(o)lence
EX: violence, fraudulence |
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| state or quality of being full of |
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-(u)lent, -(o)lent
EX: fraudulent, violent |
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| result of, means of, act of, state of |
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-ment
EX: excitement, ligament, monument, regiment
NOTE: Various connective vowels usually precede this suffix. |
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| result of, means of, act of, state of |
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-(i)mony
EX: testimony, matrimony
NOTE: If this is followed by an additional suffix, the final y appears as i. |
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-ole, -ule, -le
EX: vacuole, aureole, capsule, globule, scruple, circle |
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-or
EX: actor, aggresson, tractor, motor |
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| one who does, that which does |
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-or (-our, in British)
EX: ardor, furor, error |
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-ory
EX: introductory, compulsory, contradictory |
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-ory, (-orium)
EX: dormitory, lavatory, auditorium |
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-ose (-ious, -eous)
EX: grandiose, comatose |
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-ous (-ious, -eous)
EX: famous, populous, various |
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| full of, having the character of, like |
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-(i)tude
EX: longitude, multitude, magnitude
NOTE: If this is followed by an additional suffix, it becomes -(i)tudin- EX: longitudinal, multitudinous |
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-ulous
EX: garrulous, tremulous |
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-uous
EX: continuous, conspicuous |
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-ure
EX: fracture, puncture, rupture |
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-y
EX: custody, perjury, controversy
NOTE: If this is followed by an additional suffix, it appears as i. EX: custodial, controversial |
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| quality of, state of, act of, result of |
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