Appendix A

8^th Grade Suffixes

(Alphabetical)

en: made of 

source of material: wooden, golden, ashen, oaken 

make past tense: taken, happen, frighten, frozen, lighten, tighten, heighten, listen, darken, sweeten, enlighten, beaten, lighten, bitten, stolen, forgotten, loosen, forgiven, proven, smitten, fasten, harden, lengthen, heighten, 

ess: female 

feminine nouns: actress, princess, goddess, lioness, governess, seamstress, abbess, empress, deaconess

(going toward more gender-neutral nouns such as poet, author, actor...)

ish: origin, nature, resembling

origin: Irish, Swedish, British, Jewish

nature: selfish, squeamish

resembling:  foolish, clownish

near or about: fiftyish, bluish, smallish, finish, 

addicted to: bookish, freakish, fetish

ism: system, manner, condition

System of: communism, capitalism, federalism  

Adherence/devotion: Darwinism, barbarism, despotism, plagiarism, alcoholism, Mormonism, Catholicism

prejudice: racism, ageism, sexism

condition/manner: heroism, organism, optimism, autism, terrorism, realism, symbolism

ize: to make, to render, to convert

makes a verb: realize, organize, recognize, harmonize, criticize, theorize, baptize, hospitalize, terrorize, actualize, sterilize, fossilize

let: little 

a diminutive: booklet piglet, coverlet, pamphlet, tablet, singlet, bracelet, ringlet, piglet, coverlet, booklet, Chiclets, hamlet, towelette, droplet, couplet, eaglet, sixlet, wallet

article of attire: armlet, bracelet, anklet, eyelet, singlet, aglet

other: ballet, omelet, outlet, triplet, goblet, pallet, pellet, mallet, gaunlet, skillet, mullet, 

ness: state of, quality of

greatness, kindness, carelessness, softness, darkness, happiness, preparedness, 

ous: full of, having

various, dangerous, glorious, perilous, enormous, gracious, gorgeous, generous, joyous, spontaneous, luscious, precious, mischievous, mysterious, contagious, anxious, religious, delicious, continuous, nervous, wondrous, obvious, stupendous, atrocious, spacious 

ship: state of, condition, quality, skill

state/condition: friendship, relationship 

craft or skill: marksmanship, workmanship, horsemanship, scholarship, penmanship

rank/position: stewardship, lordship, apprenticeship, companionship

tude: state of, condition of

multitude, gratitude, solitude, beatitude, attitude, altitude, servitude, latitude, plentitude