suffix meanings
Break it apart
Use it in a sentence
Word Meanings
Spelling Changes
100
-ful
What is "full of"?
100
misspelling
What is mis + spell + ing?
100
gritty
Example: The gritty sandpaper felt rough when I touched it.
100
independent
What is "not needing to depend upon someone or something else"? in (not) + depend + ent (inclined to)
100
debate + able
What is drop the e? (debatable)
200
-able / -ible
What is "able to be"?
200
creative
What is create + ive?
200
vision
Example: My vision is blurry without my glasses.
200
fearless
What is "without fear"?
200
happy + ly
What is change the y to i? (happily)
300
-er
What is "more"? OR What is "an action or process"? OR What is "someone who"?
300
geographical
What is geo + graph + ic + al?
300
confusion
Example: The student's confusion was a result of not paying attention to the instructions.
300
pianist
What is "someone who plays the piano"?
300
relax + tion
What is add a connective vowel? (relaxation)
400
-ion / -tion / -sion
What is "state or quality of"?
400
friendliness
What is friend + ly + ness?
400
geology
Example: We studied different types of rocks in geology class.
400
heroism
What is "the state or quality of being a hero"?
400
shop + ing
What is double the consonant? (shopping)
500
-ous
What is "full of"?
500
objectionable
What is ob + ject + ion + able?
500
lifelike
Example: The sculpture was very lifelike.
500
illegible
What is "not able to be read"?
500
in + legal
What is change the prefix to match the first letter of the base word? (illegal)
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