GRE Suffixes

-able (adj)

able to be

-ac, acious (adj)

tending to

-acity (noun)

quality of being, inclined to

-acy (noun)

quality of being or having

-ain, -al, -ial, -eal, -an, -ian (adj)

pertaining to-an

-ance, -ancy (noun)

quality of

-archy (noun)

rule by

-ari, -arium (noun)

place for

-ast (noun)

one who does

-ate (adj)

possessing

-cle, -cule, -el (adj)

little

-cracy (noun)

rule by

-crat (noun)

one who advocates or practices rule by

-ectomy (noun)

surgical removal of-en

-ence, -ency (noun)

quality of being

-et, -ette (adj)

little

-gram (noun)

thing written

-graph, -graphy (noun)

writing

-ific (adj)

making

-ify (verb)

to make

-ible (adj)

able to be

-ion (noun)

act of

-ism (noun)

belief in

-ist (noun)

one who believes in

-ite (noun)

one connected with

-itude (noun)

quality of

-itious (adj)

tending to

-ity (noun)

quality of

-ive (adj)

tendig to

-ize (verb)

to cause, to make or to do

-lence (noun)

state or quality of

-lent (adj)

full of

-logy (noun)

science of, study of

-m, -ma, -,mat (noun)

result of

-men, -ment (noun)

result of

-mony (noun)

quality of

-nomy (noun)

science of, study of

-or (noun)

one who does

-or (noun)

state of

-ory (adj)

tending to

-ory, -orium (noun)

place for/where

-ose, -ous (adj)

full of, pertaining to, like

-se, -sia,-sis, -sy (noun)

act of

-st, -t, -te (noun)

one who does

-tics (noun

art, science, or study of

-tomy (noun)

surgical operation on

-ure (noun)

act of

-y (adj)

quality of