| 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
communism - real bad idea |
| ist | dealer, doer
(noun suffix) | realist - one who is realistic
socialist - hardly a realist |
| 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 |
