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-able, -ible
Definition: is; can be
Example: affordable, sensible, fashionable
-er
Definition: more
Example: taller, shorter, bigger
-ion, -tion, -ation, -ition
Definition: act; process
Example: submission, motion, relation, edition
-ment
Definition: state of being; act of
Example: contentment, disappointment, accomplishment
-al, -ial
Definition: having characteristics of
Example: universal, facial
-est
Definition: the most
Example: tallest, shortest, biggest
-ity, -ty
Definition: state of
Example: activity, society
-ness
Definition: state of; condition of
Example: openness, abusiveness, airsickness
-ed
Definition: past tense verbs; adjectives
Example: the dog walked, the walked dog
-ful
Definition: full of
Example: helpful, careful
-ive, -ative, -itive
Definition: adjective form of noun
Example: active, comparative, sensitivele
-ous, -eous, -ious
Definition: having qualities of
Example: riotous, courageous, gracious
-en
Definition: made of
Example: golden
-ic
Definition: having characteristics of
Example: poetic
-less
Definition: without
Example: hopeless, homeless, meaningless
-s, -es
Definition: more than one
Example: trains, trenches, riches
-er, -or
Definition: one who;person connected with
Example: teacher, professor, profiter
-ing
Definition: verb forms;present participles
Example: praying, sleeping, loving
-ly
Definition: how something is
Example: lovely, hardly, quickly
-y
Definition: characterized by
Example: gloomy, dizzy, oily