Nurse assistant vocab (suffixes)

-able, -ible

is; can be

-al, -ial

having characteristics of

-ed

past tense verbs; adjectives

-en

Made of

-er, -or

one who; person connected with

-er

More

-est

The most

-ful

Full of

-ic

having characteristics of

-ing

Vern forms; present participants

-ion, -tion, -ation, -ition

act, process

-ity, -ty

state of

-ive, -ative, -itive

adjective form of a noun

-less

without

-ly

how something is

-ment

state of being; act of

-ness

state of, condition of

-ous, -eous, -ious

having qualities of

-s, -es

more than one

-y

characterized by