Suffixes

__**Suffix List for March 5 - March 8 (-able, able to be)**__ acceptable - able to be received the way it is; worthy; satisfactory detachable - able to be unfastened, taken apart, or separated honorable - able to be a person of honor; worthy; of high rank; worthy of respect imaginable - able to be imagined or thought of laughable - able to be laughed at; amusing; funny portable - able to be carried from one place to another refundable - able to have money given back again renewable - able to be created again repairable - able to be fixed washable - able to be laundered

__**Suffix List for March 12- March 15 ( -less, without**__) breathless - without breath; out of breath effortless - without having to try; easy fearless - without fear; not afraid motionaless - without movement; still odorless - without a smell penniless - without money; poor reckless - without responsibility; careless speechless - without speech; lack of words, quiet tireless - without getting tired; persistent worthless - without value; not worth anything

__**Suffix List for March 19- March 23 (-ology, study of)**__ anthropology - the study of humans biology - the study of life and living things cardiology - the study of the heart dermatology - the study of the skin ecology - the study of the environment geology - the study of the physical nature, structure, and history of the earth graphology - the study of handwriting and how it relates to a person's character psychology - the study of the mind sociology - the study of how people interact zoology - the study of animals

__**Suffix List for March 26- March 30 ( -phobia, fear of)**__ ailurophobia - fear of cats arachnophobia - fear of spiders acrophobia - fear of heights graphophobia - fear of writing hemophobia - fear of blood hydrophobia - fear of water ornithophobia - fear of birds photophobia - fear of light xenophobia - fear of strangers or foreigners zoophobia - fear of animals

__**Suffix List for April 2- April 5 (-ian, -or, a person who)**__ centenarian - a person who is at least 100 years old dictator - a person who tells people what to do without giving them choices governor - a person who manages the political actions of a state; a state leader inventor - a person who creates something that has never before been created juror - a person who is a member of a jury that listens to both sides of a law case in a courtroom to decide if the defendent is innocent or guilty legislator - a person who makes laws librarian - a person who works in a library octogeniarian - a person who is between 80 and 90 years old translator - a person who changes one language into another; a person who "cuts across" the language barrier veterinarian - a person who is a doctor of animal science

__**Suffix List for April 10- April 13 ( - ance, -ence, state or quality of)**__ annoyance - the state of being annoyed; a thing or person who irritates convenience - the quality of being convenient; handy; fits into one's time schedule defiance - the state of being defiant; the act of boldly resisting authority; breaking the rules diligence - the state of being diligent; not rushing through a task; taking one's time to do the best work; careful and complete in work dominance - the act of being dominant; the state of being in control elegance - the state of being elegant; the state of showing richness or grace in style and manners patience - the state of being patient; waiting without any complaint perseverance - the state of being patient in effort; continueous attempts; never giving up radiance - the quality or state of being radiant; brightness tolerance - the act of being tolerant; accepting differences between and among people