GRE Suffixes
Terms
undefined, object
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capable of (adj.)
portable: able to be carried - ible
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capable of (adj.)
legible: able to be read - ac
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like, pertaining to (adj.)
cardiac: pertaining to the heart - ic
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like, pertaining to (adj.)
aquatic: pertaining to the water - acious
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full of (adj.)
audacious: full of daring - icious
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full of (adj.)
avaricious: full of greed - al
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pertaining to (adj. or n.)
maniacal: insane
portal: doorway
logical: pertaining to logic - ant
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full of (adj. or n.)
suppliant: pleader (person full of requests)
verdant: green - ent
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full of (adj. or n.)
eloquent: pertaining to fluid, effective speech - ary
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like, connected with (adj. or n.)
dictionary: book connected with words
honorary: with honor
luminary: celestrial body - ate
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to make (v.)
consecrate: to make holy
enervate: to make weary
mitigate: to make less severe - ation
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that which is (n.)
exasperation: irritation
irritation: annoyance - cy
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state of being (n.)
democracy: government ruled by the people
obstinacy: stubbornness - eer
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person who (n.)
mutineer: person who rebels - er
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person who (n.)
lecher: person who lusts - or
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person who (n.)
censor: person who deletes improper remarks - escent
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becoming (adj.)
evanescent: tending to vanish
pubescent: arriving at puberty - fic
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making, doing (adj.)
terrific: arousing great fear
soporific: causing sleep - fy
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to make (v.)
magnify: enlarge
petrify: turn to stone - iferous
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producing, bearing (adj.)
pestiferous: carrying a disease
vociferous: bearing a loud voice - il
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pertaining to, capable of (adj.)
civil: polite - ile
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pertaining to, capable of (adj.)
puerile: pertaining to a boy or child - ism
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doctrine, belief (n.)
monotheism: belief in one god
fanaticism: excessive zeal; extreme belief - ist
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dealer, doer (n.)
realist: one who is realistic
artist: one who deals with art - ity
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state of being (n.)
credulity: state of being unduly willing to believe
safacity: wisdom - ive
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like (adj.)
quantitative: concered with quantity
effusive: gushing - ize
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to make (v.)
harmonize: make harmonious - ise
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to make (v.)
enfranchise: make free or set free - oid
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resembling, like (adj.)
ovoid: like an egg
anthropoid: resembling a human being
spheroid: resembling a sphere - ose
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full of (adj.)
verbose: full of words - osis
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condition (n.)
psychosis: diseased mental condition
hypnosis: condition of induced sleep - ous
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full of (adj.)
nauseous: full of nausea
ludicrous: foolish - tude
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state of (n.)
fortitude: state of strength
certitude: state of sureness