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The document provides a comprehensive list of suffixes along with their meanings and illustrative examples. It categorizes suffixes into adjectives, nouns, and verbs, explaining their usage in forming words. Each suffix is accompanied by examples to clarify its application in the English language.

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Suffix (1)

The document provides a comprehensive list of suffixes along with their meanings and illustrative examples. It categorizes suffixes into adjectives, nouns, and verbs, explaining their usage in forming words. Each suffix is accompanied by examples to clarify its application in the English language.

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SUffix Meaning Illustration

Able, ible Capable of ( Adjective Cells) Portable able to be carried, Legible able to be read
Ac , ic Like, pertaining to ( Adjective suffix)
Cardiac pertaining to the heart , aquatic pertaining to the water
Acious, icious Full of ( Adjective Suffix) Audacious full of daring, avaricious full of greed.
Ai Pertaining to ( adjective or noun suffix)
Maniacal insane portal doorway logical pertaining to logic
Ani, ent Full of ( Adjective or noun suffix)
Eloquent pertaining to fluid, verdant green a person full of requests
Ary Dictionary book connected with words, honorary with honor ,
Like, connected with ( adjective or noun suffix) luminary celestial body.
Ate To make ( Verb Suffix) Consecrate to make holy , enervate to make weary, mitigate to make
less severe
ation That which is (Noun suffix) Exasperation irritation ., annoyance
Cy State of being ( Noun Suffix)
Democracy Government ruled by the people, obstinacy stubbornness
Eer,er,or Person who ( Noun Suffix) Mutineer person who rebels lecher person who lusts censor person
who deleted improper remarks
escynt Becoming ( Adjective suffix)
Evanescent tending to vanish, pubescent arriving at puberty
Fic Making, doing, ( Adjective suffix) Terrific arousing great fear ,soporific causing sleep
Fy To make ( Verb Suffix) Magnify enlarge ,petrify turn to stone
iferous Producing , bearing ( adjective Suffix)
Pestiferous carrying disease ,vociferous bearing a lod voice
Il,ile Puerile pertaining to a boy or child civil polite
Pertaining to, capable of ( adjective suffix)
Ism Doctrine, belief ( Noun Suffix) Monotheism belief in one god , fanaticism excessive zeal" extreme
belief
ist Dealer ,doer ( Noun suffix)
Realist one who is realistic artist one who deals with art
ity State of being ( Noun suffix)
To belief state of being unduly willing to believe sagacity wisdom
ive Like ( Adjective suffix)
Quantitative concerned with quantity, effusive gushing
Ize,ise To make ( Verb suffix)
Harmonize making harmonious enfranchise make free or set free
oid Resembling, like ( Adjective suffix) Ovoid like an egg anthropoid resembling a human being spheroid
resembling a sphere
ose Full of ( adjective suffix) Verbose full of words
osis Condition ( noun suffix) Psychosis diseased mental condition hypnosis condition of induced
sleep
ous Full of ( adjective suffix) Nauseous full of nausea, ludicrous foolish
tude State of ( Noun suffix)
Fortitude state of strength certitude state of sureness.

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