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SAT suffixes
a set of suffixes common to words on the SAT
Term | Definition |
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able, ible | capable of, worthy of ex: navigable/ risible |
ate | to make ex: renovate/ placate |
cess, cede | to go, to yield ex: precede/acede/ secession |
cide | killing, to kill ex: genocide/ uxoricide |
cis | cut ex: incision/ excise |
ette | little ex: cigarette/ dinette/ coquette |
ify, efy | to make ex: ossify/ deify |
illo | little ex: armadillo/ peccadillo |
ist | person ex: pugilist/ pacifist |
ity | turns word into a noun ex: jollity/ serenity/ timidity |
ize | to make ex: ostracize |
logy, ology | study ex: biology/geology/phrenology |
ous | full of (very) ex: amorous/ capacious |