NOUN SUFFIXES
 
AOne who@
 
er/or/ar    baker, liar
ist     artist
cian        electrician
 
AA place where@
 
ary/ery/ory bakery, dictionary
 
Other noun endings
 
ion     creation
ance/ence   conference
ment        government
hood        childhood
ship        friendship
ity     legality
ness        kindness
 
ADJECTIVE SUFFIXES
 
y       dirty
ous     famous
al      legal
ish     foolish
ic      athletic
ive     attractive
 
VERB SUFFIXES (usually they mean something like >make=, >have=, >become=
 
ify     beautify
ate     medicate
ize     centralize
en      darken
en (prefix) enclose
 
NEGATIVE PREFIXES (they all mean >not= or >wrong= or >bad= or >without=)
 
il/im/ir/in illegal, immature, incorrect, irregular
non/un/a/an unwritten, apolitical
anti        antiwar
dis     disobey, disconnect
mal/mis malicious, malnutrition, misbehave
 
RELATIONAL PREFIXES
 
ante/pre        anteroom, previous
post            postpone
inter           intermission
super/supra     supreme
sur         surtax
sub         subnormal
dia (through)       diameter
peri (around)   perimeter
 
(With or together or alike)
sym/syn/simil   sympathy
co/con/ com/
coll/cor        complete, collaborate
 
(Against, opposite)
contra/counter  contradict