Suffixes 2
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schumacherl on March 23, 2012
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16 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ant | personal, impersonal agent (vagrant, reactant) |
| ary | place of, for (aviary) |
| ate | action in a specified way (alleviate) |
| dom | quality, condition, domain (freedom, wisdom, fiefdom) |
| ence | action, process (reference, agency) |
| en | made of, cause to be (earthen, lengthen) |
| er, or | one who performs an action (necromancer, professor) |
| escent | beginning to be, slightly (adolescent, nascent) |
| esque | in the style of, manner of (grotesque) |
| ive | tending toward, indicated action (furtive) |
| less | not having (guileless) |
| ment | object of a specified action (detriment) |
| ness | state, quality, degree (garishness) |
| nomy | law (autonomy) |
| ous | full of, resembling (ludicrous) |
| y | like that of (homey) |
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