Common Suffixes and Roots

scrib/script

• to write

• to read

• to speak

• to listen

-full

• full of/tending to/ resembling

• lacking in/absent of

• partially filled/halfway

• completely empty/vacant

tangible

• capable of being touched

• able to be seen

• related to abstract concepts

• difficult to understand

artist

• someone that creates art

• a person who critiques art

• a collector of art pieces

• a historian of art movements

tractor

• a machine that drags things

• a type of vehicle used for racing

• a tool for planting seeds

• a device for measuring distance

-ible

• capable of

• incapable of

• unwilling to

• likely to

fastest

• superlative form of fast

• comparative form of fast

• adverb form of fast

• noun form of fast

teacher

• one who teaches

• one who learns

• one who evaluates

• one who manages

grateful

• to be full of gratitude/thanks

• to feel angry or upset

• to be indifferent or apathetic

• to express joy or happiness

video

• still images displayed in sequence

• moving pictures seen on a screen

• audio recordings of sounds

• text displayed on a page