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40 Cards in this Set
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-able
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Meaning: able to, likely
Examples: capable, tolerable |
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-age
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Meaning: process, state, rank
Examples: passage, bondage |
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-ance
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Meaning: act, condition, fact
Examples: acceptance, vigilance |
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-arch
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Meaning: to rule
Examples: monarch |
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-ard
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Meaning: one that does excessively
Examples: drunkard, wizard |
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-ate
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Meaning: having, showing
Examples: separate, desolate |
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-ation
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Meaning: action, state, result
Examples: occupation, starvation |
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-cy
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Meaning: state, condition
Examples: accuracy, captaincy |
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-dom
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Meaning: state, rank, condition
Examples: serfdom, wisdom |
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-en
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Meaning: cause to be, become
Examples: deepen, strengthen |
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-er
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Meaning: one who does
Examples: teacher |
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-esce
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Meaning: become, grow, continue
Examples: convalesce, acquiesce |
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-esque
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Meaning: in the style of, like
Examples: picturesque, grotesque |
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-ess
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Meaning: feminine
Examples: waitress, lioness |
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-fic
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Meaning: making, causing
Examples: terrific, beatific |
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-ful
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Meaning: full of, marked by
Examples: thankful, zestful |
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-fy
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Meaning: make, cause, cause to have
Examples: glorify, fortify |
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-hood
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Meaning: state, condition
Examples: manhood, statehood |
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-ible
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Meaning: able, likely, fit
Examples: edible, possible, divisible |
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-ion
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Meaning: action, result, state
Examples: union, fusion |
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-ish
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Meaning: suggesting, like
Examples: churlish, childish |
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-ism
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Meaning: act, manner, doctrine
Examples: babarism, socialism |
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-ist
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Meaning: does, believer
Examples: monopolist, socialist |
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-ition
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Meaning: action, state, result.
Examples: sedition, expedition |
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-ity
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Meaning: state, quality, condition
Examples: acidity, civility |
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-ize
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Meaning: make, cause to be, treat with
Examples: sterilize, mechanize, criticize |
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-less
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Meaning: lacking, without
Examples: hopeless, countless |
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-like
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Meaning: like, similar
Examples: childlike, dreamlike |
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-logue
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Meaning: type of speaking or writing
Examples: prologue |
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-ly
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Meaning: like, of the nature of
Examples: friendly, positively |
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-ment
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Meaning: means, result, action
Examples: refreshment, disappointment |
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-ness
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Meaning: quality, state
Examples: greatness, tallness |
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-or
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Meaning: doer, office, action
Examples: juror, elevator, honor |
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-ous
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Meaning: marked by, givento
Examples: religious, riotous |
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-ship
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Meaning: the are or skill of
Examples: statesmanship |
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-some
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Meaning: apt to, showing
Examples: tiresome, lonesome |
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-th
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Meaning: act, state, quality
Examples: warmth, width |
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-tude
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Meaning: quality, state, result
Examples: magnitude, fortitude |
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-ty
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Meaning: quality, state
Examples: enmity, activity |
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-ward
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Meaning: in the direction of
Examples: backward, homeward |
