[Ad/Grammer] Suffixes(2)

Verb to Noun

• -tion / -sion

Verb	emancipate	contradict	delude	transcribe
Noun	emancipation	contradiction	delusion	transcription

• -ment

Verb	enhance	empower	enrich	incite
Noun	enhancement	empowerment	enrichment	incitement

Adjective to Noun

• -ity

Adjective	available	responsible	sensitive	popular
Noun	availability	responsibility	sensitivity	popularity

• -ness

Adjective	homesick	silly	fond	wary
Noun	homesickness	silliness	fondness	wariness

• -ance / -ence

Adjective	abundant	extravagant	tolerant	absent	innocent	obedient
Noun	abundance	extravagance	tolerance	absence	innocence	obedience

Suffixes with meaning

Suffix	Meaning	Examples
-ative	tending to	conservative, creative, negative
-dox	belief, praise	paradox
-esque	in the style of	picturesque, grotesque
-longer / -list	one who does	astrolonger, patemalist, idealist
-phile	one who loves	Anglophile, bibliophile
-tome / -tomy	to cut	epitome, anatomy
-wise	in what way or direction	clockwise, lenghwise

Examples

• Karen Bailey is a popular politician, and many people admire her for her eloquence. She always gets her point across clearly and is very persuasive.
• The desire for justice is understandable, but some of the punishments meted out to offenders are overly harsh and seem to amount to vindictiveness.
• The government recently introduced new austerity measures to try to reduce the budget deficit. Many people complain that the cuts will affect the worst-off in society.
• Most teachers are idealistic at the beginning of their careers, but disillusionment often becomes a problem after a few years.
• Graham's cluminess is astonishing. He's always dropping things.