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74 Cards in this Set
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-ectomy
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surgical removal of
appendectomy, hysterectomy |
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-ed
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past tense
called, hammered, laughed |
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-ee
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receiver, performer
nominee, employee, devotee |
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-eer
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associated with/engaged in
engineer, volunteer |
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-emia
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blood condition
anemia, hypoglycemia, leukemia |
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-en
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makes the word a verb
awaken, fasten, strengthen |
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-ence
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state or condition, action
absence, dependence, negligence |
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-ency
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condition or quality
clemency, dependency, efficiency |
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-ent
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inclined to performing/causing, or one who performs/causes
competent, correspondent, absorbent |
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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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-ern
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state or quality of
eastern, northern, western |
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-escence
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state or process
adolescence, convalescence |
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-ese
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relating to a place
Chinese, Congolese, Vietnamese |
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-esque
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in the style of
Kafkaesque, grotesque, burlesque |
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-ess
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female
actress, heiress, lioness |
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-est
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most
funniest, hottest, silliest |
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etic
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relating to (makes the word an adj.)
athletic, energetic, poetic |
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-ette
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diminutive (makes something smaller)
cigarette, diskette, kitchenette |
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-ful
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full of
helpful, thankful, cheerful |
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-fy
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make, cause (makes the word a verb)
amplify, falsify, terrify |
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-gam/gamy
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marriage, union
monogam, polygamy |
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-gon/gonic
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angle
hexagon, polygonic, pentagon |
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-hood
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state, condition, or quality
childhood, neighborhood, motherhood |
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-ial
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relating to
celestial, editorial, martial |
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-ian
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relating to
Martian, utopian, pediatrician |
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-iasis
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diseased condition
elephantiasis, psoriasis |
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-iatric
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healing
practicepediatric, psychiatric, |
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-ible
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able to be
audible, plausible, legible |
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-ic/ical
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relating to, characterized by
analytic/al, comic/al, organic |
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-ile
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relating to, capable of
agile, docile, volatile |
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-ily
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in what manner
sloppily, steadily, zanily |
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-ine
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relating to
canine, feminine, masculine |
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-ing
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materials
bedding, frosting, roofing |
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-ion
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action or process
celebration, completion, navigation |
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-ious
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having the qualities of, full of
ambitious, cautious, gracious |
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-ish
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relating to, characteristic
apish, brutish, childish |
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-ism
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state or quality
altruism, despotism, heroism |
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-ist
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a person, one who does an action
artist, linguist, pianist |
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-ite
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resident of, follower, product of
suburbanite, luddite, dynamite |
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-itis
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inflammation, preoccupation
appendicitis, tonsillitis, frontrunneritis |
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-ity
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state, condition, or quality
abnormality, civility, necessity |
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-ive
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inclined to; quality of; that which
attractive, expensive, repulsive |
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-ization
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act or process of making
colonization, fertilization, modernization |
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-ize
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cause, treat, become
antagonize, authorize, popularize |
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-less
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without
fearless, helpless, homeless |
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-let
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version of
booklet, droplet, inlet |
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-like
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resembling, characteristic
childlike, homelike, lifelike |
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-ling
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younger or inferior
duckling, underling |
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-loger/logist
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one who does
astrologer, cardiologist, chronologer |
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-log
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speech
dialog, monolog, |
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-ly
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in what manner
badly, courageously, happily |
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-ment
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action, result
movement, placement, shipment |
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-ment
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action, result
movement, placement, shipment |
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-ness
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state or quality (makes a noun)
kindness, shyness, weakness |
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-oid
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resembling
humanoid, tabloid, hemorrhoid |
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-ology
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study of, science of
anthropology, archaeology, biology |
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-oma
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tumor, swelling
carcinoma, osteoma, hematoma |
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-onym
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name, word
synonym, antonym, homonym |
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-opia
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eye defect
myopia, nyctalopia, hyperopia |
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-opsy
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examination
biopsy, autopsy, necropsy |
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-or
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a person who
inventor, legislator, translator |
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-ory
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relating to
armory, dormitory, laboratory |
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-osis
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process, diseased condition
diagnosis, prognosis, neurosis, psychosis |
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-ostomy/otomy
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surgical colostomy, lobotomy, craniotomy
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-ous
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full of
hazardous, humorous, wondrous |
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-path
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one who engages in
homeopath, naturopath, psychopath |
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-pathy
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feeling, diseased sympathy, apathy, neuropathy
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-phile
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one who loves
bibliophile, audiophile, pyrophile |
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-phobia
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abnormal fear of acrophobia, claustrophobia, xenophobia
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-phone
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sound
homophone, telephone, microphone |
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-phyte
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plant, to grow
zoophyte, cryptophyte, epiphyte |
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-plegia
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paralysis
paraplegia, quadriplegia, hemiplegia |
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-plegic
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one who is paralyzed
paraplegic, technoplegic, quadriplegic |
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-pnea
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air, spirit
apnea, hyperpnea, orthopnea |
