2021 / 2022 ASVAB For Dummies. Angie Papple Johnston

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      Suffixes are busy little word segments. They affect the meaning of a word and usually tell you what part of speech a word is (which comes in handy when you’re navigating through Word Knowledge questions that you can’t answer immediately).

TABLE 4-3 Suffixes

Suffix	Part of Speech It Indicates	Meaning	Original Word: Suffixed Word
-able or -ible	Adjective	capable of	agree: agreeable
-age	Noun	act of	break: breakage
-al	Adjective	relating to	function: functional
-ance or -ence	Noun	instance of an action	perform: performance
-ation	Noun	action, process	liberate: liberation
-en	Adjective, verb	made from	silk: silken
-ful	Adjective	full of	help: helpful
-ic	Adjective	relating to, like	anemia: anemic
-ical	Adjective	possessing a quality of	magic: magical
-ion	Noun	result of, act of	legislate: legislation
-ish	Adjective, noun	resembling	child: childish
-ism	Noun	condition or manner	hero: heroism
-ist	Noun	one who or that which does	anarchy: anarchist
-ity	Noun	quality of or state of	dense: density
-less	Adjective, noun	not having	worth: worthless
-let	Noun	small one	book: booklet
-ly	Adjective, adverb	like	fearless: fearlessly
-ment	Noun	act or process of	establish: establishment
-ness	Adjective, noun	possessing a quality	good: goodness Скачать книгу В начало < 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 > В конец