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What can you do when you run into a word that you don’t know? One thing that may help is to analyze the word, looking for groups of letters that have special meanings. A group of letters with a special meaning appearing at the end of a word is called a suffix. Here is a list of 16 important suffixes.
|Suffix|Meaning |Example |
|-able |able to be |Manageable |
|-ible | |Defensible|
|-al |relating to |Regal |
|-ance | |Resistance |
|-ence| |Independence |
|-ic | |Heroic |
|-ion |state of|Unión |
|-ism |quality of |Patriotism |
|-hood | |Brotherhood |
|-ity| |Legality |
|-ment | |Puzzlement |
|-er |one who|Writer |
|-or | |Advisor |
|-ite | |Mennonite|
|-y |full of |Soapy |
|-ful | |Wishful |
|Ness| |Happiness |
|Ship | |Friendship |
|less | |Endless|
When a group of letters having a special meaning appears at the beginning of a word, we call that group of letters a prefix.
|Prefix |Meaning |Example |
|Un |...
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