Suffixes

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30 questions
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-able, -ible (respectable, legible)

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-age (average, wreckage)

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-al, -ial (additional, editorial)

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-ance (brilliance, annoyance)

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-ant [noun] (attendant, deodorant)

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-ant [adjective] (compliant, resistant)

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-ate (affectionate, complicate)

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-ed (vented, whisked, yelled)

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-ee (attendee, retiree)

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-en (awaken, soften)

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-ence (absence, negligence, inconvenience)

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-ent (correspondent, absorbent)

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-er, -or [noun] (skater, inventor, trader)

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er- [adjective/adverb] (hotter, faster)

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-ess (lioness, hostess)

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-est (cheapest, greatest)

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-ful (forgetful, graceful)

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-fy, -ify (putrefy, testify)

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-ic (empathetic, historic)

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-ile (versatile, volatile)

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-ing (swimming, running)

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-ion, -sion, tion (union, delusion, adoption)

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-ism (organism, journalism)

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-ist (cardiologist, idealist)

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-ity, -ty (calamity, loyalty)

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-ive (cumulative, informative)

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-less (limitless, hopeless)

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-ly (nationally, oddly)

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-ment (placement, augment)

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-ness (brightness, fullness)