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  1. -able, -ible    capable of; worthy; fit                                                                             arable              capable             demonstrable        knowledgeable       breakable           potable             tolerable           excitable                                                   
  2. -ee             receiver or object of an action                                                                     detainee            employee            refugee                                                                                                                                                         
  3. -er             one who does an action; the object of an action                                                     reporter            runner              swimmer             worker              speaker             writer              bowler              golfer                                                      
  4. -esce           to become or grow                                                                                   phosphoresce        convalesce          acquiesce           coalesce                                                                                                                                    
  5. -esque          in the style of; like                                                                               Romanesque          statuesque          grotesque           picturesque                                                                                                                                 
  6. -ess            feminine                                                                                            giantess            governess           goddess             lioness                                                                                                                                     
  7. -et, -ette      small one; group; feminine                                                                          kitchenette         baronet             octet               sextet              duet                midget                                                                                              
  8. -ful            characterized by; having plenty of; having the    quality of                                        graceful            mournful            masterful           eventful            peaceful            grateful            careful                                                                         
  9. -hood           state or condition of; quality                                                                      boyhood             fatherhood          motherhood          brotherhood         falsehood           childhood           statehood                                                                       
  10. -ish            of, relating to, being; having a trace of;        characteristic of                                 boyish              squeamish           bookish             thirtyish           warmish             childish                                                                                            
  11. -ism            act; practice; process; a system of belief; a     manner of being                                   barbarism           socialism           alcoholism          Catholicism         criticism           plagiarism          stoicism                                                                        
  12. -ist            practicer; believer; doer; one who operates; one  who believes in; one who specializes              vocalist            geologist           socialist           Calvinist           novelist            cyclist             hedonist                                                                        
  13. -ize            cause to be or to resemble; treat like                                                              idolize             unionize            hypothesize         plagiarize          Americanize         sterilize           cauterize           philosophize        hypnotize                               
  14. -land           an area characterized by a certain attribute                                                        woodland            farmland            Greenland           homeland            Iceland             wasteland                                                                                           
  15. -less           not having; without; lacking                                                                        childless           selfless            needless            dauntless           hopeless            senseless           guileless           witless                                                     
  16. -ment           result, object, or agent of; process of acting                                                      embankment          entanglement        estrangement        development         encirclement        encampment          refreshment         entertainment                                               
  17. -mony           resulting state                                                                                     parsimony           hegemony            sanctimony          harmony                                                                                                                                     
  18. -ose            marked by; given to; possessing the quality of                                                      morose              bellicose           verbose             grandiose                                                                                                                                   
  19. -ship           condition or office; art or skill                                                                   kingship            governorship        friendship          marksmanship        sportsmanship                                                                                                           
  20. -ward           in the direction of; moving to                                                                      leftward            forward             backward            upward              afterward           toward              earthward           heavenward                                                  
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