Common Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words:

Suffixes

Suffix Meaning Example

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able, ible able, capable capable, agreeable, edible, visible

ade result of action blockade

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age act of, state of, storage, wreckage, damage
result of
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al relating to gradual, manual, natural

Vocabulary algia pain neuralgia, nostalgia, myalgia

an, ian native of, relating African, riparian,

to
Easily Confused Words
ance, ancy action, process, assistance, allowance, defiance
state
Homonyms
ary, ery, ory relating to, quality, aviary, bravery, dormitory
place where
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Center cian possessing a magician, physician,
specific skill or art

cy action, function hesitancy, prophecy, normalcy

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Consortium cule, ling very small molecule, ridicule, animalcule, duckling,
sapling

dom quality, realm freedom, kingdom, wisdom

ee one who receives refugee, nominee, lessee

the action

en made of, to make silken, frozen, wooden

ence, ency action, state of, difference, confidence, urgency, agency

quality

er, or one who, that baker, miller, professor

which

escent in the process of adolescent, senescence, putrescence

ese a native of, the Javanese, Japanese, Balinese

language of

esis, osis action, process, genesis, hypnosis, neurosis, osmosis

condition

ess female goddess, lioness, actress

et, ette small one, group midget, baronet, sextet, lorgnette

fic making, causing scientific, specific

ful full of frightful, careful, helpful

fy make beautify, fortify, simplify

hood order, condition, manhood, adulthood

quality

ic nature of, like metallic, acidic, bucolic, simplistic

ice condition, state, justice, malice

quality

id, ide a thing connected fluid, fluoride, bromide

with or belonging
to

ile relating to, suited juvenile, senile, purile, missile

for, capable of

ine nature of feminine, genuine, medicine

ion, sion, tion act, result, or cancellation, contagion, infection, crenellation

state of

ish origin, nature, foolish, Irish, clownish, impish

resembling

ism system, manner, alcoholism, communism, capitalism,

condition,
characteristic
ist one who, that artist, dentist, flautist
which

ite nature of, quality prelate, Mennonite, dynamite, graphite,

of, mineral Israelite
product

ity, ty state of, quality celebrity, captivity, clarity, poverty

ive causing, making abusive, exhaustive, abortive

ize, ise make emphasize, exercise, bowdlerize, bastardize,

idolize, fanaticize

logy study, science, biology, anthropology, geology, neurology

theory

ly like, manner of carelessly, fearlessly, hopelessly

ment act of, state or, containment, contentment, amendment

result

ness state of carelessness, restlessness

nomy law autonomy, economy, taxonomy

oid resembling asteroid, spheroid, rhomboid, anthropoid

ous full of, having gracious, nervous, pompous,

ship state of, office, assistantship, friendship, authorship

quality

some like, apt, tending lonesome, lissome, threesome, gruesome

to

tude state of, condition gratitude, aptitude, multitude

of

ure state of, act, culture, literature, rupture, rapture

process, rank

ward in the direction of eastward, downward, backward

y inclined to, tend cheery, crafty, faulty

to

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