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SampleWordsandDefinitions

able

abletobe

excitable,portable,preventable

ac

pertainingto

cardiac,hemophiliac,maniac

acity(ocity)

qualityof

perspicacity,sagacity,velocity

ade

act,actionorprocess,product

blockade,cavalcade,promenade,

age

actionorprocess

passage,pilgrimage,voyage

aholic(
oholic)

onewithanobsessionfor

workaholic,shopaholic,alcoholic

al

relatingto

bacterial,theatrical,natural

algia

pain

neuralgia,nostalgia,

an(ian)

relatingto,belongingto

Italian,urban,African

ance

stateorqualityof

brilliance,defiance,annoyance

ant

apersonwho

applicant,immigrant,servant

inclinedto,tendingto

brilliant,defiant,vigilant

ar

oforrelatingto,being

lunar,molecular,solar

apersonwho

beggar,burglar,liar

ard

apersonwhodoesanaction

coward,sluggard,wizard

arian

apersonwho

disciplinarian,vegetarian,librarian

arium
(orium)

aplacefor

terrarium,aquarium,solarium

ary

oforrelatingto

literary,military,budgetary

ate

stateorqualityof(adj.)

affectionate,desolate,obstinate

makesthewordaverb(differentpronunciation)

activate,evaporate,medicate

ation

actionorprocess

creation,narration,emancipation

ative

tendingto(adj.)

creative,preservative,talkative

cide

actofkilling

homicide,suicide,genocide

cracy

rule,government,power

bureaucracy,aristocracy,theocracy

crat

someonewhohaspower

aristocrat,bureaucrat,technocrat

cule

diminutive(makingsomethingsmall)

molecule,ridicule,

cy

state,conditionorquality

efficiency,privacy,belligerency

cycle

circle,wheel

bicycle,recycle,tricycle

dom

conditionof,state,realm

boredom,freedom,wisdom

dox

belief,praise

orthodox,paradox

ectomy

surgicalremovalof

appendectomy,hysterectomy

ed

pasttense

called,hammered,laughed

ee

receiver,performer

nominee,employee,devotee

eer

associatedwith/engagedin

engineer,volunteer

emia

bloodcondition

anemia,hypoglycemia,leukemia

en

makesthewordaverb

awaken,fasten,strengthen

ence

stateorcondition,action

absence,dependence,negligence

ency

conditionorquality

clemency,dependency,efficiency

ent

inclinedtoperforming/causing,oronewho
performs/causes

competent,correspondent,
absorbent

er

more

bigger,faster,happier

actionorprocess

flutter,ponder,stutter

apersonwhodoesanaction

announcer,barber,teacher

ern

stateorqualityof

eastern,northern,western

escence

stateorprocess

adolescence,convalescence

ese

relatingtoaplace

Chinese,Congolese,Vietnamese

esque

inthestyleof

Kafkaesque,grotesque,burlesque

ess

female

actress,heiress,lioness

est

most

funniest,hottest,silliest

etic

relatingto(makesthewordanadj.)

athletic,energetic,poetic

ette

diminutive(makessomethingsmaller)

cigarette,diskette,kitchenette

ful

fullof

helpful,thankful,cheerful

fy

make,cause(makesthewordaverb)

amplify,falsify,terrify

gam/gamy

marriage,union

monogam,polygamy

gon/gonic

angle

hexagon,polygonic,pentagon

hood

state,condition,orquality

childhood,neighborhood,
motherhood

ial

relatingto

celestial,editorial,martial

ian

relatingto

Martian,utopian,pediatrician

iasis

diseasedcondition

elephantiasis,psoriasis

iatric

healingpractice

pediatric,psychiatric,

ible

abletobe

audible,plausible,legible

ic/ical

relatingto,characterizedby

analytic/al,comic/al,organic

ile

relatingto,capableof

agile,docile,volatile

ily

inwhatmanner

sloppily,steadily,zanily

ine

relatingto

canine,feminine,masculine

ing

materials

bedding,frosting,roofing

actionorprocess

dancing,seeing,writing

ion

actionorprocess

celebration,completion,navigation

ious

havingthequalitiesof,fullof

ambitious,cautious,gracious

ish

relatingto,characteristic

apish,brutish,childish

ism

stateorquality

altruism,despotism,heroism

ist

aperson,onewhodoesanaction

artist,linguist,pianist

ite

residentof,follower,productof

suburbanite,luddite,dynamite

itis

inflammation,preoccupation

appendicitis,tonsillitis,
frontrunneritis

ity

state,condition,orquality

abnormality,civility,necessity

ive

inclinedtoqualityofthatwhich

attractive,expensive,repulsive

ization

actorprocessofmaking

colonization,fertilization,
modernization

ize

cause,treat,become

antagonize,authorize,popularize

less

without

fearless,helpless,homeless

let

versionof

booklet,droplet,inlet

like

resembling,characteristic

childlike,homelike,lifelike

ling

youngerorinferior

duckling,underling

loger/logist

onewhodoes

astrologer,cardiologist,chronologer

log

speech

dialog,monolog,

ly

inwhatmanner

badly,courageously,happily

ment

action,result

movement,placement,shipment

ness

stateorquality(makesanoun)

kindness,shyness,weakness

oid

resembling

humanoid,tabloid,hemorrhoid

ology

studyof,scienceof

anthropology,archaeology,biology

oma

tumor,swelling

carcinoma,osteoma,hematoma

onym

name,word

synonym,antonym,homonym

opia

eyedefect

myopia,nyctalopia,hyperopia

opsy

examination

biopsy,autopsy,necropsy

or

apersonwho

inventor,legislator,translator

ory

relatingto

armory,dormitory,laboratory

osis

process,diseasedcondition

diagnosis,prognosis,neurosis,
psychosis

surgical
ostomy/otomy

colostomy,lobotomy,craniotomy

ous

fullof

hazardous,humorous,wondrous

path

onewhoengagesin

homeopath,naturopath,psychopath

pathy

feeling,diseased

sympathy,apathy,neuropathy

phile

onewholoves

bibliophile,audiophile,pyrophile

phobia

abnormalfearof

acrophobia,claustrophobia,
xenophobia

phone

sound

homophone,telephone,microphone

phyte

plant,togrow

zoophyte,cryptophyte,epiphyte

plegia

paralysis

paraplegia,quadriplegia,hemiplegia

plegic

onewhoisparalyzed

paraplegic,technoplegic,quadriplegic

pnea

air,spirit

apnea,hyperpnea,orthopnea

scopy/scope

visualexam

arthroscopy,gastroscopy,
microscope

scribe/script

towrite

transcript,describe,manuscript

sect

tocut

dissect,insect,bisect

ship

stateorconditionof,skillof

authorship,citizenship,friendship

sion

stateorquality

confusion,depression,tension

some

characterizedby,groupof

cumbersome,quarrelsome,
foursome

sophy/sophic wisdom,knowledge

philosophy,theosophy,
anthroposophic

th

depth,length,strength

stateorquality

tion

stateorquality

attention,caution,fascination

tome/tomy

tocut

hysterectomy,epitome,tonsillotome

trophy

nourishment,growth

atrophy,hypertrophy,dystrophy

tude

state,conditionorquality

fortitude,gratitude,magnitude

ty

state,conditionorquality

ability,honesty,loyalty

ular

relatingtoorresembling

cellular,circular,muscular

uous

stateorqualityof

arduous,tumultuous,virtuous

ure

action,condition

closure,erasure,failure

ward

specifiesdirection

backward,eastward,homeward

ware

thingsofthesametypeormaterial

hardware,software,kitchenware

wise

inwhatmannerordirection

clockwise,lengthwise,otherwise

madeupof,characterized

brainy,fruity,gooey

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