| able, ible | capable of (adjective suffix) | portable able to be carried, legible able to be read |
| ac, ic | like, pertaining to | cardiac pertaining to the heart, aquatic pertaining to the water |
| acious, icious | full of | audacious full of daring, avaricious full of greed |
| al | pertaining to | maniacal insane, portal doorway, logical pertaining to logic |
| ant, ent | full of | eloquent pertaining to fluid, effective speech, suppliant pleader, verdant green |
| ary | like, connected with | dictionary book connected with words, honorary |
| ate | to make (verb suffix) | consecrate to make holy mitigate to make less severe |
| ation | that which is (noun suffix) | exasperation irritation irritation annoyance |
| cy | state of being (noun suffix) | democracy government ruled by people obstinacy stubbornness |
| eer, er, or | person who (noun suffix) | mutineer person who rebels teacher person who teaches censor person who deletes improper remarks |
| escent | becoming (adjective suffix) | evanescent tending to vanish pubescent arriving at puberty |
| fic | making, doing (adjective suffix) | terrific arousing great fear |
| fy | to make (verb suffix) | magnify enlarge petrify turn to stone |
| iferous | producing, bearing (adjective suffix) | pestiferous carrying disease vociferous having a loud voice |
| il, ile | pertaining to, capable of(adjective suffix) | civil polite |
| ism | doctrine, belief (noun suffix) | monotheism belief in one god |
| ist | dealer, doer (noun suffix) | realist one who is realistic |
| ity | state of being (noun suffix) | sagacity wisdom |
| ive | like (adjective suffix) | quantitative concerned with number or volume |
| ize, ise | to make (verb suffix) | harmonize make harmonious enfranchise make free |
| oid | resembling, like (adjective suffix) | ovoid like an egg anthropoid resembling a human being |
| 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 |
