AFFIXES – SUFFIXES

 

SUFFIXES: They are added to base words at the end.

1. -er: taller, smarter, worker

2. -ess: hostess, princess, waitress
3. -ist: artist, socialist, violinist
4. -ette: cigarette, kitchenette, statuette
5. – al: refusal, normal, national
6. -ce: arrogance, elegance
7. -ness: gladness, happiness
8. -hood: boyhood, motherhood
9. -ing: going, dancing
10. -ster: gangster, fraudster
11. -ment: employment, enjoyment
12. -age: breakage, coinage
13. -cy: constituency, primacy
14. -ity: continuity, feasibility
15. -ful: careful, joyful
16. -less: careless, regardless
17. -ic: graphic, historic
18. -ish: childish, sheepish
19. -ly: godly, orderly
20. -ent: adherent, abhorrent

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