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29 Cards in this Set
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-able
-ible |
able to be X-ed
verb --> adjective |
thinkable, desirable, inconceivable, frangible, feasible
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-al
-ial -ile |
relating to X
noun OR verb --> adjective |
trivial, critical, labile, ductile, versatile
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-ance
-ancy -ence -ency |
state or process of doing X or being X
verb OR adjective --> noun (abstract) |
intelligence, flippancy, decadence, exorbitance, despondency
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-ant
-ent |
doing X
verb --> adjective OR noun |
accordant, accountant, cognizant, different, intransigent, fervent
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-ar
-ary |
related to X
noun --> adjective |
solarm stellar, polar
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-ate (pronounced ate)
-ite |
do X
root --> verb |
interrogate, prevaricate, mutate, ignite, expedite
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-ate (pronounced it)
-ite |
formed by doing X OR related to doing X
verb --> noun OR adjective |
aggregate, insubordinate, perquisite, requisite
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-dom
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state of being X OR condition related to X
noun OR adjective --> noun (abstract) |
freedom, fiefdom, wisdom
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-er
-or |
doer of X
verb --> noun (person) |
speaker, runner, wanderer
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-fic
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making into X or causing X
noun OR adjective --> adjective |
horrific, beatific, prolific, soporific
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-fy
-ify |
make into X OR cause X
noun OR adjective --> verb |
magnify, deify, indemnify, ossify, reify
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-ful
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filled with X
noun --> adjective |
bountiful, beautiful, plentiful, fretful, artful
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-ic
-iac |
relating to X
noun OR verb --> adjective OR noun |
manic, maniac, aseptic, bombastic
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-ification
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process of making into X
noun OR verb --> adjective OR noun |
desertification, ramification, beautification, edification
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-ine
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relating to X
noun OR verb --> adjective |
saturnine, marine, saline, clandestine
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-ish
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similar to X
noun OR adjective --> adjective |
reddish, mulish, fiendish, loutish
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-ism
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system OR characteristic of X
noun OR adjective OR verb --> noun (abstract) |
capitalism, socialism, communism, stoicism, anachronism, euphemism
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-ist
-istic |
characteristic of X, or a person who espouses X
noun OR adjective --> adjective OR noun |
capitalist, socialist, communist, anachronistic, euphemistic
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-ite
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native or adherent of X
noun OR adjective --> noun |
anchorite, Luddite, sybarite
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-ity
-ty |
state or quality of being X or doing X
adjective or verb --> noun (abstract) |
polarity, certainty, convexity, perplexity
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-ive
-ative |
tending toward the action of X
verb OR noun --> adjective |
exclusive, active, cohesive, authoritative, evasive
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-ize
-ise |
make into X
adjective OR noun --> verb |
eulogize, polarize, scrutinize, lionize, advertise, improvise
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-ization
-isation |
process of making into X
adjective --> noun (action) |
characterization, polarization, lionization, improvisation
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-less
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without X
noun --> adjective |
harmless, guileless, feckless
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-ment
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state or result of doing X
verb --> noun |
development, judgment, punishment
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-ory
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characteristic of doing X OR a place for doing X
verb --> adjective OR noun |
refractory, savory, depository, compulsory, mandatory
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-ous
-ious -ose |
characteristic of being X or doing X
verb OR noun --> adjective |
carnivorous, devious, numerous, mellifluous, mendacious, verbose
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-tion
-ation -ion |
process OR result of doing X
verb --> noun (action) |
pollution, creation, destruction
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-tude
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state or quality of being X
adjective --> noun (abstract) |
solitude, vicissitude, pulchritude, desuetude
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