Topic Suffixes
Suffix
1.
-ing
2.
-ism
3.
-ist
4.
5.
-ion, -tion, -ation,
-ition
-ity, -ty
6.
-ive, -ative, -itive
7.
-less
8.
-logue, -log
9.
-ly
Group: 2
Meaning
verb form/
present participle
the act, practice, or
process of doing
something
a person who does a
specified action or
activity;
a person who makes
or produces
something specified;
a person who plays a
specified musical
instrument
the act of;
the process of
state of
Key Word(s)
running
Catholicism
plagiarism
environmentalist
novelist
guitarist
occasion
attraction
faulty
individuality
Performing or tending abusive
toward a certain
descriptive
action
(adjective form of a
verb)
without
fearless
homeless
a particular kind of
prologue
speaking or writing
dialogue
characteristic of
quickly
bravely
Suffixes Group 2 Words and Definitions
Word
scathing
cynicism
Part of Pronunciation
speech
adj.
(ˈskāT͟HiNG)
n.
(ˈsinəˌsizəm)
orthopedist
n.
improvisation n.
brevity
n.
putative
adj.
coercive
adj.
dauntless
monologue
OR
monolog
adj.
n.
haughtily
adv.
Meaning
bitterly, severe, as a remark
an inclination to believe that
people are motivated purely
by self-interest; skepticism.
(or·tho·pe·dist)
a specialist in correcting
deformities of the skeletal
system (especially in
children)
(imˌprävəˈzāSH(ə)n) the action of improvising;
something that is improvised,
especially a piece of music,
drama, etc., created without
preparation
(ˈbrevədē)
concise and exact use of
words in writing or speech
(ˈpyo͞odədiv)
commonly accepted or
supposed
(kōˈərsiv)
relating to or using force or
threats
very brave
(dônt l s)
(Theatre) a long speech made
(m n -lôg , -l g)
by one actor in a play, film,
etc, especially when alone;
Any long speech by one
person, especially when
interfering with conversation
characteristic of haughty
(hô t ly)
haughty = disdainfully
haughty = (hô t )
proud; snobbish; scornfully
arrogant;