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CLAS 101
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07/21/2009
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Term
-a
 Definition
n. - state, condition
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-able
 Definition
adj. - capable of being
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-acious
 Definition
adj. - characteristic of
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-acity
 Definition
n. - state, quality, action
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-al (-ar after a word with an -l- in it)
 Definition
adj. - characteristic of
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-an, -ane
 Definition
adj. - characteristic of
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-arium, -ary
 Definition
n. - place for (something)
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-ary
 Definition

n. - person concerned with

 

adj. - characteristic of
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-ate
 Definition
adj. - characteristic of
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-bile
 Definition
adj. - characteristic of
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-ble
 Definition
adj. - characteristic of
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-ble
 Definition
n. place for
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-culus, -cle, -cule, -culum
 Definition
n. - a little (something)
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-ellus, -el, -ella
 Definition
n. - a little (something)
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-er
 Definition
n. - person who
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-etic
 Definition
adj. - characterized by
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-ety
 Definition
n. - state, quality, action
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-ia
 Definition

n. - process, condition

n. - state, condition
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-iac
 Definition
n. - person affected by
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-iasis
 Definition
n. - state, condition
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-ible
 Definition
adj. - capable of being
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-ic
 Definition

adj. - characteristic of

(also forms abstract nouns)
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-ics
 Definition
n. - the study of
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-id
 Definition
adj. - having the quality of
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-il, -ile
 Definition
adj. - characteristic of
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-il
 Definition
n. - a little  (something)
Term
-in, -ine
 Definition

n. - indicates a chemical substance

 

adj. - characteristic of
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-ion
 Definition
n. - state, quality, action
Term
-isk
 Definition
n. - a little (something)
Term
-ism
 Definition
n. - belief in
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-ist
 Definition
n., adj. - person concerned with; characteristic of
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-itis
 Definition
n. - inflammation
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-itude
 Definition
n. - state, condion
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-ity
 Definition
n. - state, quality, action
Term
-ium
 Definition
n. - membrane, tissue
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-ive
 Definition
adj. - characteristic
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-ize, -iz-
 Definition
forms verbs from nouns and adjectives
Term
-lent
 Definition
adj. - full of
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-m, -ma, -mat,
 Definition
n. - state, condition, procedure
Term
 Definition
Term
-men
 Definition
n. - state, condition, action
Term
-ment
 Definition
n. - state, quality, action
Term
-oid
 Definition
adj. - having the form, appearance of
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-ole
 Definition
n. - a little (something)
Term
-om, -oma, -omat-
 Definition
n. - state, condition; swelling, tumor, cancer
Term
-on
 Definition
noun ending
Term
-or
 Definition

n. - someone, something, (performing an action)

 

n. - state, quality, condition
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-orium, -ory
 Definition
n. - place for (something)
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-ory
 Definition
adj. - characteristic of
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-ose
 Definition
adj. - full of
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-osis
 Definition
n. - state, process, non-inflammatory abnormal condition
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-ot
 Definition
n. - person concerned with
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-ous
 Definition
adj. - full of
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-sia
 Definition
n. - state, condition, procedure
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-sis
 Definition
n. - state, condition, procedure
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-t
 Definition
n. - person concerned with
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-tic
 Definition
adj. - characterized by
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-u-
 Definition
stem of -uus before another suffix
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-ulus, -ula, -ule, -ul,
 Definition
n. - a little (something)
Term
-ure
 Definition
n. - state, quality, action
Term
-y
 Definition
n. - state, quality, action
Term
-y
 Definition
n. - process, condition