Suffixes From Vocabulary Workshop Fifth Course

Front 1

-able, -ible

Back 1

able to be; capable of being

Hint 1

intelligible, probable, inevitable

Front 2

-ade

Back 2

action or process

Hint 2

blockaed, escapade, parade

Front 3

-age

Back 3

action or process

Hint 3

marriage, pilgrimmage, voyage

Front 4

-al, -ial

Back 4

of; like; relation to; suitable for

Hint 4

potential, musical, national

Front 5

-ance

Back 5

act; process; quality; state of being

Hint 5

tolerance, alliance, acceptance

Front 6

-ant

Back 6

one who

Hint 6

assistant, immigrant, merchant

Front 7

-ary

Back 7

of; like; relating to

Hint 7

customary, honorary, obituary

Front 8

-ate

Back 8

characteristic of, to become

Hint 8

officate, consecrate, activate

Front 9

-cle, -icle

Back 9

small

Hint 9

corpuscle, cubicle, particle

Front 10

-cy

Back 10

fact or state off being

Hint 10

diplomacy, privacy, relevancy

Front 11

-dom

Back 11

state or quality of

Hint 11

boredom, freedom, martyrdom

Front 12

-ence

Back 12

act or state of being

Hint 12

occurrence, conference

Front 13

-ent

Back 13

doing; having; showing

Hint 13

fraudulent, dependent, negligent

Front 14

-er

Back 14

one who; that which

Hint 14

boxer, rancher, employer

Front 15

-ery

Back 15

place for; act, practice of

Hint 15

surgery, robbery

Front 16

-esque

Back 16

like

Hint 16

pictersque, statuesque

Front 17

-ess

Back 17

female

Hint 17

goddess, heiress, princess

Front 18

-ful

Back 18

full of

Hint 18

careful, fearful, joyful, thoughtful

Front 19

-ic

Back 19

relatig to; characteristic of

Hint 19

comic, historic, poetic, public

Front 20

-ify

Back 20

to make; to cause to be

Hint 20

modify, glorify, beautify, pacify

Front 21

-ion

Back 21

act, condition, or result of

Hint 21

calculation, action, confederation

Front 22

-ish

Back 22

of or belonging to; characterized by

Hint 22

tallish, amateurish, selfish

Front 23

-ism

Back 23

act, practice, or result of; example

Hint 23

barbarism, heroism, altruism

Front 24

-ity

Back 24

condition; state of being

Hint 24

integrity, sincerity, calamity, purity

Front 25

-ive

Back 25

of; relating to; belonging to; tending to

Hint 25

inquisitive, active, creative

Front 26

-ize

Back 26

make; cause to be; subject to

Hint 26

jeopardize, standardize, computerize

Front 27

-less

Back 27

without

Hint 27

ageless, careless, thoughtless, tireless

Front 28

-let

Back 28

small

Hint 28

islet, leaflet, owlet, rivulet, starlet

Front 29

-like

Back 29

like; characteristic of

Hint 29

childlike, waiflike

Front 30

-logy

Back 30

study or theory of

Hint 30

bilogy, ecology, geology

Front 31

-ly

Back 31

every

Hint 31

daily, weekly, monthly, yearly

Front 32

-ly

Back 32

like; characteristic of

Hint 32

fatherly, queenly, deadly

Front 33

-ly

Back 33

in (a specified manner; to a specified extent)

Hint 33

officially, sincerely, kindly

Front 34

-ment

Back 34

action or process

Hint 34

development, government

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-ment

Back 35

state or quality of

Hint 35

amusement, amazement, predicament

Front 36

-ment

Back 36

product or thing

Hint 36

fragment, instrument, ornament

Front 37

-ness

Back 37

state or quality of being

Hint 37

kindness, abruptness, happiness

Front 38

-or

Back 38

one who

Hint 38

actor, auditor, doctor, donor

Front 39

-ous

Back 39

having; full of; characterized by

Hint 39

riotous, courageous, advantageous

Front 40

-ship

Back 40

state or quality of being

Hint 40

censorship, ownership, governorship

Front 41

-some

Back 41

like; tending to be

Hint 41

meddlesome, bothersome, noisome

Front 42

-tude

Back 42

state or quality of being

Hint 42

solitude, multitude, aptitude

Front 43

-y

Back 43

characterized by

Hint 43

thrifty, jealousy, frequency, sticky