Suffixes for ASVAB Word Knowledge

capable of being

portable, legible, adaptable

-able/-ible

like/related to

cardiac, iconic, organic

-ac/-ic

state, quality of being

privacy, legitimacy

-acy

full of

gracious, ambitious

-ious

related to

logical, philosophical, natural

-al

state, quality of being

maintenance, annoyance, permanence

-ance/-ence

condition of, state, realm

freedom, kingdom, boredom

-dom

person who

writer, counselor, mountaineer

-eer/-er/-or

becoming, to be

adolescent, fluorescent

-escent

like/reminiscent

picturesque, burlesque

-esque

to make

magnify, electrify

-fy

female

actress, lioness

-ess

full of

beautiful, merciful

-ful

state, quality

childhood, neighborhood

-hood

relating to

martian, pediatrician

-ian