ACT Prep Suffixes Set 02

-ion, -tion, -ation

act, process

-ish

somewhere like or near

-ism

characteristic of

-ist

one who

-ity, -ty

quality of

-ize, -ise

make or become

-less

without

-ly

characteristic of

-ment

act of, result of

-ness

state of

-ology

study, science

-s, -es

more than one, plural

-ship

position held

-ward

in the direction of

-y

having the quality of