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SOME EXAMPLES:

SUFFIXES
(Look up the meanings of the adjectives you don’t know, please)
drinkable, recognizable, likeable; peaceable; debatable; pleasurable;

adaptable; inimitable; capable; adorable; desirable; justifiable;

preferable; disposable; knowledgeable; amiable; durable; laughable;

-able fashionable; reliable; excitable; lovable; believable; excusable;

manageable; serviceable; measurable; sizeable; noticeable; suitable;

changeable; tolerable; objectionable; comfortable; payable;

impressionable; conceivable; operable; transferable.

flexible illegible; responsible; eligible; incredible; reversible; invincible;

-ible suggestible; contemptible; feasible; negligible; susceptible; convertible;

ostensible; tangible; gullible; terrible; horrible; plausible.

British, English, Polish, Turkish, Spanish, Swedish, reddish, bluish,

-ish brownish, greenish, grayish, yellowish, thirtyish, doggish, elderlish,

goodish

cloudless, doubtless, harmless, hopeless useless, endless, fearless,


-less
helpless, homeless, restless,

forgetful, hopeful, useful, awful, baleful, bashful, beautiful, bountiful,

careful, colorful, delightful, doubtful, dreadful, dutiful, faithful, fateful,

-ful fearful, frightful, harmful, hateful, helpful, hopeful, hurtful, joyful,

masterful, meaningful, merciful, mindful, painful, peaceful, pitiful,

playful, plentiful, powerful, remorseful

-al brutal, legal, musical, natural, decimal, ethical, eternal, federal, federal,
general, illegal, initial, liberal, logical, magical, martial, medical, neural,

nominal, optical, radical, sensual, unusual, vegetal, virtual,

airworthy, blameworthy, crashworthy, newsworthy, noteworthy,

-worthy praiseworthy, roadworthy, seaworthy, thankworthy, trustworthy,

unworthy, worthy

golden, wooden, woolen, waxen, frozen, heartbroken, northern,


-en
southern, eastern, western

active, alive, affective, aggressive, assertive, attentive, creative,

cohesive, cooperative, decisive, invasive, indecisive, inductive,

-ive impulsive, lucrative, obsessive, passive, proactive, productive,

effective, effusive, emotive, festive, negative, passive, positive,

reflexive, relative, sensitive, sportive, talkative

adventurous, anonymous, delicious, disastrous, enormous, fabulous,

famous, furious, generous, hazardous, jealous, joyous, miraculous,


-ous
mischievous, momentous, mountainous, nervous, numerous,

outrageous, prosperous, ravenous, ridiculous, tremendous

bloody, busy, cloudy, contradictory, daily, dry, easy, early, elderly,

empty, gloomy, glossy, gray, happy, heavy, likely, lovely, military,

-y muddy, necessary, obligatory, ordinary, primary, juicy, ready, scruffy,

slippery, sticky, sorry, sunny, tiny, unlikely, unsatisfactory, untidy,

visionary, watery,

-ic academic, artistic, athletic, catholic, classic, domestic, dramatic,

egoistic, emphatic, energetic, fantastic, linguistic, majestic, neurotic,


pathetic, poetic, public, strategic, systematic, tragic.

biological, chemical, cynical, grammatical, logical, mathematical,

mechanical, medical, musical, physical, radical, surgical, topical,


-ical
tropical

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