1B Vocabulary
1B Grammar
Adjective Suffixes
-al, -ial, -ical
Meaning: Relating to, having the quality of
Meaning: Relating to, having the quality of
Examples:
Accidental, educational, brutal, historical, regional, social, universal, personal…
-able, -ible
Meaning: Capable or worthy of, tending to
Meaning: Capable or worthy of, tending to
Examples:
Flammable, discernible, culpable…
-an, -ian
Meaning: One who is or does, related to
Meaning: One who is or does, related to
Examples:
Agrarian, simian…
-ary
Meaning: Relating to quality or place
Meaning: Relating to quality or place
Examples:
Customary, momentary, cautionary, dietary…
-full
Meaning: Full of, tending or liable to
Meaning: Full of, tending or liable to
Examples:
Beautiful, wonderful, awful, skillful, successful…
-ic
Meaning: Pertaining or relating to
Meaning: Pertaining or relating to
Examples:
Athletic, historical, scenic, fantastic…
-ive
Meaning: Performing or tending toward
Meaning: Performing or tending toward
Examples:
Cooperative, supportive, sensitive…
-ish
Meaning: Origin, nature
Meaning: Origin, nature
Examples:
Foolish, childish, selfish, sheepish, pinkish…
-less
Meaning: Without, lacking, unable to act
Meaning: Without, lacking, unable to act
Examples:
Powerless, friendless, worthless, useless, homeless…
-like
Meaning: Like
Meaning: Like
Examples:
Lifelike, ladylike, warlike, childlike, birdlike…
-y
Meaning: Characterized by, tending to
Meaning: Characterized by, tending to
Examples:
Rainy, funny, dirty, messy…
-ous, -ose
Meaning: Full of, relating to
Meaning: Full of, relating to
Examples:
Poisonous, dangerous, nervous, mysterious, victorious, bellicose…
-ant, -ent
Meaning: Performing or being
Meaning: Performing or being
Examples:
Important, incessant, independent…
-ile
Meaning: Tending to, capable of
Meaning: Tending to, capable of
Examples:
Futile, senile, fragile…
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