Suffixes ion ment fy ance ence ory ous
Lesson 152.
Ion and ment denote the state of being, or the act of; fy, to make or
become; ance or ence, the act or state of; ive, having a tendency to, or
the power or nature of; ory, the power or nature of, or belonging to; and
ous, partaking of, or full of.
dis per’sion di ver’sion as per’sion
ex cep’tion e lec’tion con di’tion
a tone’ment a gree’ment dec’re ment
de’i fy stu’pe fy sat’is fy
an noy’ance ac cord’ance con cord’ance
oc cur’rence ab hor’rence in dul’gence
a mu’sive con clu’sive of fen’sive
cur’so ry ar’mo ry man’da to ry
dan’ger ous li’bel ous har mo’ni ous
