Suffix List
What can a suffix list offer as far as vocabulary building goes?A whole lot, actually.
First off, by studying the following list, you can learn how suffixes can and do change the meaning of words.
In fact, included are the meaning and a common usage or two of English language suffixes below.
I recommend you print out the suffix list and spend some time learning them.
There aren't that many, however, they are important and you will certainly help your test scores by knowing them.
Suffix Meaning Usage
| able, ible | capable of
(adjective suffix) | portable - able to be carried
legible - able to be read |
| ac, ic | like, pertaining to | cardiac - pertaining to heart
aquatic - pertaining to 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.
verdant - green |
| ary | like, connected with | dictionary - book connected with words
honorary - connected with honor |
| ate | to make
(verb suffix) | consecrate - to make holy
mitigate - make less severe |
| ation | that which is
(noun suffix) | irritation - that which is irritated |
| cy | state of being
(noun suffix) | democracy - ruled by people
obstinacy - obstinate state, stubbornness |
| eer, er, or | person who
(noun suffix) | mountaineer - person who climbs mountains
teacher - one who teaches
advisor - person who advises |
| escent | becoming
(adjective suffix) | evanescent - tending to vanish
pubescent - arriving at puberty |
| fic | making, doing
(adjective suffix) | fantastic - arousing great wonder
terrific - arousing great fear |
| fy | to make (verb suffix) | magnify - to 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
docile - easily taught or led |
| ism | doctrine, belief
(noun suffix) | monotheism - belief in one God
socialism - kind of governance |
| ist | dealer, doer
(noun suffix) | realist - one who is realistic
dentist - deals with teeth |
| ity | state of being
(noun suffix) | sagacity - state of being wise |
| ive | like (adjective suffix) | quantitative - concerned with number or volume |
| ize, ise | to make
(verb suffix) | harmonize - make harmonious
revolutionize - make revolutionary |
| oid | resembling, like
(adjective suffix) | ovoid - like an egg
anthropoid - resembling a human |
| ose | full of
(adjective suffix) | verbose - full of words |
| osis | condition (noun suffix) | psychosis - diseased mental condition
hypnosis - 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 certainty |
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