Common Suffixes

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ABLE, IBLE

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CAPABLE OF, SUBJECT TO, PRONE TO; WORTHY OF, DESERVING OF

(impeccable, incorrigible, irrefutable, mutable, feasible, affable, gullible, laudable, reprehensible, culpable)

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AC

Back 2

RELATING TO; PERSON AFFECTED WITH

(ammoniac, celiac, maniac, cardiac, hypochondriac)

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AGE

Back 3

RELATIONSHIP; CONDITION; ACTION OR RESULT; PLACE

(parentage, bondage, carage, anchorage)

Front 4

AL

Back 4

OF, PERTAINING TO; THE ACT OF

(logical, ephemeral, equivocal, glacial, peripheral, polemical, prodigal, provincial, rhetorical, satirical, superficial, terrestrial, whimsical, denial, rehearsal)

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AN, IAN

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BELONGING TO, RELATED TO, CHARACTERISTIC OF, RESEMBLING, ONE THAT IS

(Canadian, Freudian, reptilian, civilian, antediluvian, subterranean, authoritarian, partisan, artisan)

Front 6

ANCE, ENCE

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ACTION OR PROCESS; STATE OF BEING

(emergence, dependence, arrogance, compliance, vigilance, exuberance, impudence, nonchalance, opulence, quiescence, reticence)

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ANT, ENT

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CAUSING OR PERFORMING SOMETHING; STATE OF BEING; ONE WHO DOES OR UNDERGOES

(document, flagrant, ardent, benevolent, indifferent, inherent, munificent, strident, virulent, contestant, pedant)

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AR, ARY

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RELATING TO; CONNECTED TO

(solar, polar, jocular, arbitrary, exemplary, mercenary, centenary)

Front 9

ATE

Back 9

ACT UPON; HAVING; CHARACTERIZED BY

(obliterate, mitigate, deprecate, emulate, debilitate, extricate, facilitate, instigate, perpetuate, truncate, placate, intimidate, repudiate, ornate, innate, articulate)

Front 10

CY

Back 10

STATE OF BEING; QUALITY

(ascendancy, bankruptcy, lunacy, dependency, complacency)

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DOM

Back 11

DOMAIN; RANK; STATE OF BEING; COLLECTIVE OFFICE

(fiefdom, boredom, martyrdom, officialdom)

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EER, ER, OR

Back 12

PERSON WHO DOES SOMETHING

(auctioneer, engineer, contender, director, executor, orator)

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ERY

Back 13

A PLACE FOR; THE ACT OF; STATE OF; QUALITIES OF

(bakery, bribery, chicanery, slavery, snobbery)

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ESCENT

Back 14

BECOMING; BEGINNING TO BE; CHARACTERIZED BY

(crescent, nascent, evanescent, phosphorescent)

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FEROUS

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PRODUCING; CARRYING

(coniferous, vociferous, aquiferous, calciferous, carboniferous)

Front 16

FIC

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MAKING; CAUSING

(terrific, horrific, beatific, prolific, soporific, benefic, malefic)

Front 17

FY

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MAKE; CAUSE TO BECOME

(falsify, magnify, exemplify, ratify, rectify, personify, purify, mortify)

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IA

Back 18

ABNORMAL CONDITION; RELATING TO

(anorexia, toxemia, septicemia, memorabilia, personalia)

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IAL

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RELATING TO; CHARACTERIZED BY

(colloquial, glacial, terrestrial, inconsequential, superficial, cordial)

Front 20

IC

Back 20

HAVING TO DO WITH; ONE CHARACTERIZED BY

(cosmic, hedonistic, caustic, aesthetic, altruistic, archaic, ascetic, bombastic, cryptic, dogmatic, eclectic, ironic, soporific, sporadic, lunatic, heretic)

Front 21

IDE

Back 21

GROUP OF RELATED CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; BINARY COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL ELEMENT WITH PROPERTIES THAT ARE SIMILAR TO ANOTHER

(diglyceride, monosaccharide, sodium chloride, potassium bromide, boride)

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IL, ILE

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PERTAINING TO; CAPABLE OF BEING

(puerile, ductile, infantile, senile, servile, tensile, versatile)

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INE

Back 23

HAVING THE NATURE OF; RELATING TO; RESEMBLING; MADE OF; CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE

(divine, feline, marine, leonine, saturnine, opaline, crystalline, tourmaline, incarnadine, gasoline)

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ION, TION, ATION

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THE RESULT OF

(criterion, oblivion, limitation, adulation, affirmation, apprehension, aversion, conviction, degradation, disinclination, innovation, sanction, seclusion)

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ISE, IZE

Back 25

MAKE; BECOME LIKE

(surmise, maximize, scrutinize, vaporize, hypothesize, cauterize)

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ISM

Back 26

BELIEF; DOCTRINE; DEVOTION TO; ACT OF

(ethnocentrism, egotism, fanaticism, criticism, witticism)

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IST

Back 27

ONE WHO DOES SOMETHING; ONE WHO BELIEVES OR ADHERES TO; AN EXPERT

(opportunist, cartoonist, ventriloquist, altruist, pacifist, nihilist, prohibitionist, linguist, geologist, psychiatrist, scientist)

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ITE

Back 28

MAKE, DO; INHABITANT OR NATIVE OF; DESCENDANT OF; ADHERENT OF

(ignite, Israelite, Luddite)

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ITIS

Back 29

INFLAMMATORY DISEASE

(dermatitis, phlebitis, appendicitis, tendonitis, osteoarthritis)

Front 30

ITY, TY

Back 30

STATE OF; QUALITY

(animosity, paucity, reality, uniformity, similarity, enmity, duplicity, depravity, insularity, notoriety, novelty, integrity, virility, tenacity, veracity)

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IVE

Back 31

TENDING TOWARD AN ACTION; BELONGING; QUALITY OF

(argumentative, introspective, collective, comprehensive, derivative, elusive, exhaustive, furtive, inclusive)

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LET

Back 32

SMALL; SMALL OBJECT WORN ON THE BODY

(eaglet, islet, piglet, ringlet, amulet, rivulet, pamphlet)

Front 33

LOGY, OLOGY

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EXPRESSION; THEORY; SCIENCE OR STUDY OF

(eulogy, phraseology, ideology, geology)

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LY

Back 34

LIKE; TO THE EXTENT OF, RECURRING AT SPECIFIED INTERVALS; IN A SPECIFIED WAY

(miserly, daily, slowly)

Front 35

MENT

Back 35

AN ACT; STATE; MEANS

(entertainment, admonishment, abatement, detachment, instrument)

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OID

Back 36

RESEMBLING; RELATING TO

(android, humanoid, planetoid, asteroid, spheroid, paranoid)

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OR

Back 37

A PERSON OR THING THAT DOES SOMETHING; A QUALITY OR CONDITION

(inspector, progenitor, incisor)

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ORY

Back 38

RELATING TO; CHARACTERIZED BY; A PLACED USED FOR

(obligatory, conciliatory, cursory, observatory)

Front 39

OSE

Back 39

FULL OF; CHARACTERIZED BY; A FORM OF SUGAR

(verbose, lachrymose, jocose, sucrose, dextrose)

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OSIS

Back 40

CONDITION; DISEASE

(apotheosis, metamorphosis, morphosis, apoptosis, neurosis, psychosis)

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OUS

Back 41

FULL OF, CHARACTERIZED BY

(assiduous, autonomous, capricious, contentious, erroneous, fastidious, gregarious, ingenious, innocuous, nefarious, pretentious, querulous, raucous, scrupulous)

Front 42

TUDE

Back 42

STATE OF

(magnitude, solitude, solicitude, verisimilitude, lassitude, pulchritude, turpitude)