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15 Cards in this Set
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-ABLE
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1 : capable of, fit for, or worthy of (being so acted upon or toward) —chiefly in adjectives derived from verbs <breakable><collectible>
2 : tending, given, or liable to <agreeable> <perishable> |
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-ATION
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action or process <flirtation> : something connected with an action or process <discoloration>
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-ER
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—used to form the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs of one syllable <hotter><drier> and of some adjectives and adverbs of two or more syllables <completer><beautifuller>
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-ISM
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1 a: act : practice : process <criticism> <plagiarism> b: manner of action or behavior characteristic of a (specified) person or thing <animalism> c: prejudice or discrimination on the basis of a (specified) attribute <racism> <sexism>
2 a: state : condition : property <barbarianism> b: abnormal state or condition resulting from excess of a (specified) thing <alcoholism> or marked by resemblance to (such) a person or thing <giantism> 3 a: doctrine : theory : religion <Buddhism> b: adherence to a system or a class of principles <stoicism> 4: characteristic or peculiar feature or trait <colloquialism> |
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-LESS
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1 : destitute of : not having <witless> <childless>
2 : unable to be acted on or to act (in a specified way) <dauntless> <fadeless> |
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-(I)TY
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: quality : state : degree <alkalinity> <theatricality>
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-ESS
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: female <giantess>
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-HOOD
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1 : state : condition : quality : character <widowerhood> <hardihood>
2 : time : period <childhood> 3 : instance of a (specified) state or quality <falsehood> 4 : individuals sharing a (specified) state or character <brotherhood> |
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-IZE
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1 a (1): cause to be or conform to or resemble <systemize> <Americanize> : cause to be formed into <unionize> (2): subject to a (specified) action <plagiarize> (3): impregnate or treat or combine with <aluminize> b: treat like <idolize> c: treat according to the method of <bowdlerize>
2 a: become : become like <crystallize> b: be productive in or of <hypothesize> : engage in a (specified) activity <philosophize> c: adopt or spread the manner of activity or the teaching of <Platonize> usage The suffix -ize has been productive in English since the time of Thomas Nashe (1567–1601), who claimed credit for introducing it into English to remedy the surplus of monosyllabic words. Almost any noun or adjective can be made into a verb by adding -ize <hospitalize> <familiarize>; many technical terms are coined this way <oxidize> as well as verbs of ethnic derivation <Americanize> and verbs derived from proper names <bowdlerize> <mesmerize>. Nashe noted in 1591 that his -ize coinages were being criticized, and to this day new words ending in -ize <finalize> <prioritize> are sure to draw critical fire. |
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-MENT
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1 a: concrete result, object, or agent of a (specified) action <embankment> b: concrete means or instrument of a (specified) action <entertainment>
2 a: action : process <development> b: place of a (specified) action <encampment> 3: state or condition resulting from a (specified) action <amazement> |
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-SOME
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: characterized by a (specified) thing, quality, state, or action <awesome> <burdensome> <cuddlesome>
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-OUS
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1 : full of : abounding in : having : possessing the qualities of <clamorous> <poisonous>
2 : having a valence lower than in compounds or ions named with an adjective ending in -ic <mercurous> |
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-WARD
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1 : that moves, tends, faces, or is directed toward <riverward>
2 : that occurs or is situated in the direction of <leftward> |
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-ATE
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1: one acted upon (in a specified way) <distillate>
2 [New Latin -atum, from Latin] : chemical compound or complex anion derived from a (specified) compound or element <phenolate> ; especially : salt or ester of an acid with a name ending in -ic and not beginning with hydro- <borate> 1 : office : function : rank : group of persons holding a (specified) office or rank or having a (specified) function <vicarate> 2 : state : dominion : jurisdiction <emirate> <khanate> : marked by having <craniate> : act on (in a specified way) <insulate> : cause to be modified or affected by <camphorate> : cause to become <activate> : furnish with <capacitate> |
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-ESQUE
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: in the manner or style of : like <statuesque>
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