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Undergraduate 4
11/26/2017

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-able

(capable, tolerable)

Definition
able to, likely
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-age

(passage, bondage)

Definition
process, state, rank
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-ance

(acceptance, vigilance)

Definition
act, condition, fact
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-arch

(monarch)

Definition
to rule
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-ard

(drunkard, wizard)

Definition
one that does excessively
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-ate

(separate, desolate)

Definition
having, showing
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-ation

(occupation, starvation)

Definition
action, state, result
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-cy

(accuracy, captaincy)

Definition
state, condition
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-dom

(serfdom, wisdom)

Definition
state, rank, condition
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-en

(deepen, strengthen)

Definition
cause to be, become
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-er

(teacher)

Definition
one who does
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-esce

(convalesce, aquiesce)

Definition
become, grow, continue
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-esque

(picturesque, grotesque)

Definition
in the style of, like
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-ess

(waitress, lioness)

Definition
feminine
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-fic

(terrific, beatific)

Definition
making causing
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-ful

(thankful, zestful)

Definition
full of, marked by
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-fy

(glorify, fortify)

Definition
make, cause, cause to have
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-hood

(manhood, statehood)

Definition
state, condition
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-ible

(edible, possible, divisible)

Definition
able, likely, fit
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-ion

(union, fusion)

Definition
action, result, state
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-ish

(churlish, childish)

Definition
suggesting, like
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-ism

(barbarism, socialism)

Definition
act, manner, doctrine
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-ist

(monopolist, socialist)

Definition
doer, believer
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-ition

(sedition, expedition)

Definition
action, state, result
Term

-ity

(acidity, civility)

Definition
state, quality, condition
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-ize

(sterilize, mechanize, criticize)

Definition
make, cause to be, treat with
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-less

(hopeless, countless)

Definition
lacking, without
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-like

(childlike, dreamlike)

Definition
like, similar
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-logue

(prologue)

Definition
type of written/spoken language
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-ly

(friendly, positively)

Definition
like, of the nature of
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-ment

(refreshment, disappointment)

Definition
means, result, action
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-ness

(greatness, tallness)

Definition
quality, state
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-or

(juror, elevator, honor)

Definition
doer, office, action
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-ous

(religious, riotous)

Definition
marked by, given to
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-ship

(statesmanship)

Definition
the art or skill of
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-some

(tiresome, lonesome)

Definition
apt to, showing
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-th

(warmth, width)

Definition
act, state, result
Term

-tude

(magnitude, fortitude)

Definition
quality, state, result
Term

-ty

(enmity, activity)

Definition
quality, state
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-ward

(backward, homeward)

Definition
in the direction of
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