VOCABULARY
Suffix List
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
(adjective suffix) | portable – able to be carried legible – able to be read | |
| cardiac – pertaining to heart aquatic – pertaining to water | ||
| audacious – full of daring, avaricious – full of greed | ||
| maniacal – insane portal – doorway logical – pertaining to logic | ||
| eloquent – pertaining to fluid, effective speech. verdant – green | ||
| dictionary – book connected with words honorary – connected with honor | ||
(verb suffix) | consecrate – to make holy mitigate – make less severe | |
(noun suffix) | irritation – that which is irritated | |
(noun suffix) | democracy – ruled by people obstinacy – obstinate state, stubbornness | |
(noun suffix) | mountaineer – person who climbs mountains teacher – one who teaches advisor – person who advises | |
(adjective suffix) | evanescent – tending to vanish pubescent – arriving at puberty | |
(adjective suffix) | fantastic – arousing great wonder terrific – arousing great fear | |
| magnify – to enlarge petrify – turn to stone | ||
(adjective suffix) | pestiferous – carrying disease vociferous – having a loud voice | |
(adjective suffix) | civil – polite docile – easily taught or led | |
(noun suffix) | monotheism – belief in one God socialism – kind of governance | |
(noun suffix) | realist – one who is realistic dentist – deals with teeth | |
(noun suffix) | sagacity – state of being wise | |
| quantitative – concerned with number or volume | ||
(verb suffix) | harmonize – make harmonious revolutionize – make revolutionary | |
(adjective suffix) | ovoid – like an egg anthropoid – resembling a human | |
(adjective suffix) | verbose – full of words | |
| psychosis – diseased mental condition hypnosis – induced sleep | ||
| nauseous – full of nausea ludicrous – foolish | ||
| fortitude – state of strength certitude – state of certainty |
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