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--- Study the words below and determine how the suffix in each instance influences the meaning that the word has. More than several hundred words in English end in ‘ful’. The suffix ‘ful’ means: full of. In the examples below the words relate to a condition or state of a person or thing. artful awful beautiful blissful boastful bountiful brimful cheerful colourful deceitful delightful distasteful doleful doubtful dreadful faithful fanciful fateful grateful mournful mouthful painful peaceful playful plentiful powerful pushful resentful restful rightful rueful scornful shameful skilful sorrowful spiteful stressful tactful tasteful thankful thoughtful truthful uneventful unfaithful ungrateful unmindful unsuccessful useful vengeful wasteful watchful wilful wishful wistful woeful wonderful worshipful wrathful wrongful zestful Study the words below and determine how the suffix in each instance influences the meaning that the word has.
foeticide fratricide Study the words below and determine how the suffix in each instance influences the meaning that the word has. More than several thousand words in English end in ‘ist’. abolitionist abortionist anaesthetist anarchist arsonist artist ecologist economist educationist egoist Study the words below and determine how the suffix in each instance influences the meaning that the word has. More than several thousand words in English end in ‘ness’. abjectness abrasiveness accurateness acquisitiveness erroneousness expansiveness expectedness faintheartedness fairness faithlessness gentleness giddiness greatness gregariousness grimness grossness grumpiness manliness meagreness mildness mindfulness mirthfulness Study the words below and determine how the suffix in each instance influences the meaning that the word has. More than several thousand words in English end in ‘er’. adjuster attester detester jester prankster songster While words like ‘seamstress’ and ‘waitress’ are still in use, many other words that once denoted the female gender are now falling into disuse. An author, for example, can now be either male or female. Be extremely wary, therefore, about using the suffixes –ess and –trix to show gender. While many women regard such words as hampering the equality of the sexes, the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary have gone even further in pointing out that agent words reflecting the female gender are obsolete. Study the words below and determine how the suffix in each instance influences the meaning that the word has. More than several hundred words in English end in ‘ology’ astrology bacteriology biology biotechnology cardiology climatology cosmology criminology dendrology ecology entomology epidemiology geology histology hydrology meteorology mythology neurology Study the words below and determine how the suffix in each instance influences the meaning that the word has. More than several hundred words in English end in ‘osis’ acidosis adenosis cyanosis dermatosis fibrosis halitosis keratosis melanosis nephrosis neurosis psychosis sclerosis thrombosis tuberculosis Study the words below and determine how the suffix in each instance influences the meaning that the word has. More than several hundred words in English end in ‘ism’ absenteeism alcoholism altruism anarchism antagonism astigmatism atheism barbarism capitalism collectivism colloquialism colonialism conservatism constitutionalism consumerism criticism cronyism despotism dynamism egoism empiricism escapism euphemism existentialism extremism factionalism fanaticism fascism fatalism favouritism federalism feminism feudalism futurism heroism humanism idealism jingoism nepotism optimism Study the words below and determine how the suffix in each instance influences the meaning that the word has. More than several hundred words in English end in ‘ity’ ability activity actuality adversity agility atrocity austerity barbarity brevity brutality capability civility complexity curiosity diversity equality falsity fertility generosity hostility
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