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34 Cards in this Set
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-able
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able to be
examples: excitable, portable, preventable |
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-ing
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materials- examples: bedding, frosting, roofing
action or process- examples: dancing, seeing, writing |
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-ive
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inclined to; quality of; that which. examples: attractive, expensive, repulsive
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-en
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makes a word a verb examples: awake becomes awaken, fast becomes fasten, strength becomes strengthen
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-er
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more- bigger, faster, happier
action or process- flutter, ponder, stutter a person who does an action- announcer, barber, teacher |
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-est
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most examples: funniest, hottest, silliest
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-ish
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relating to; characteristic
examples:apish, brutish, childish |
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-y
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made up of; characterized
examples: brainy, fruity, gooey |
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-age
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action or process
examples: passage, pilgrimage, voyage |
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-ate
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state or quality of (adjective)
examples:affectionate, desolate, obstinate |
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-ic/ical
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relating to, characterized by
examples:analytical, comic/al, organic |
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-al
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relating to
examples: bacterial, theatrical, natural |
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-ible
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able to be
examples: audible, plausible, legible |
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-ous
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full of
hazardous, humorous, wondrous |
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-ist
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a person, one who does an action
examples: artist, linquist, pianist |
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-ism
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state or quality
examples: altruism, despotism, heroism |
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-ity
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state, condition, or quality
examples: abnormality, civility, necessity |
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-ize
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cause, treat, become
examples: antagonize, authorize, popularize |
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-ary
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of or relating to
examples: literary, military, budgetary |
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-ory
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relating to
examples: armory, dormitory, laboratory |
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-ent
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inclined to performing/causing or one who performs/causes
examples: competent, corrrespondent, obsorbent |
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-ence
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state or condition; action
examples: absence, dependence, negligence |
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-ant
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a person who- examples: applicant, immigrant, servant
inclining to, tending to- examples: brilliant, defiant, vigilant |
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-ance
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state or quality of
examples: brilliance, defiance, annoyance |
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-s
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makes plural
house = house(s) |
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-ful
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full of
examples: helpful, thankful, cheerful |
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-less
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without
examples: fearless, helpless, homeless |
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-ness
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state or quality (makes a noun)
kindness, shyness, weakness |
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-ly
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in what manner
examples: badly, courageously, happily |
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-ty
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ability, honesty, loyalty
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-ment
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action, result
examples: movement, placement, shipment |
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-tion
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state or quality
examples:attention, caution, fascination |
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-sion
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state or quality
examples: confusion, depression, tension |
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-ward
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specifies direction
examples: backward, eastward, homeward |
