mar’riage     fer’ri age     vag’a bond age
herb’age      her’mit age    dis ad van’tage
wharf’age     pat’ron age    es’pi on age

Lesson 149.

The suffix al signifies relating to; an signifies pertaining to; ant and ent, in many instances, signify the agent or doer.

tid’al      com’ic al     me dic’i nal
ur’ban      pub’li can    di oc’e san
claim’ant   as sist’ant   i tin’er ant
a’gent      pres’i dent   cor re spond’ent

Able and ible signify that may be, capable of being, fit or worthy to be, or capacity.

eat’a ble    blam’a ble    am’i ca ble
sal’a ble    laugh’a ble   nav’i ga ble
leg’i ble    for’ci ble    com bus’ti ble
cred’i ble   au’di ble     in del’i ble

Lesson 150.

Ist, ster, ee, and ess, generally signify the person who, or thing which. 
The last is an affix denoting the feminine gender.

aur’ist     phys’i cist     pi a’nist
tap’ster    chor’is ter     for’est er
grant ee’   mort ga gee’    as sign ee’
em’press    shep’herd ess   mar’chion ess

Dom signifies the office of or state of being; hood, the state of being; ish, somewhat, like; and ism, the condition or doctrines of.

king’dom     chris’ten dom   hea’then dom
child’hood   maid’en hood    live’li hood
knav’ish     yel’low ish     a’gu ish
Bud’dhism    Meth’od ism     Mor’mon ism

Lesson 151.

Eer or ier generally signifies one who has charge of; en means made of, or, with adjectives, to make; ic signifies pertaining to, belonging to, or like; and ise or ize, to make, to become, or to assimilate.

cash ier’    fin an cier’   gon do lier’
cloth’ier    en gi neer’    can non eer’
beech’en     be hold’en     em bold’en
bright’en    en light’en    en liv’en
civ’ic       ce phal’ic     me tal’lic
u’til ize    cat’e chise    crit’i cise
sat’ir ize   civ’il ize     os’tra cize

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

Lesson 153.

Kin, ling, let, and ule indicate smallness or diminution.

lamb’kin     man’i kin     la’dy kin
duck’ling    un’der ling   fos’ter ling
leaf’let     riv’u let     flag’eo let
glob’ule     mol’e cule    an i mal’cule

Some means like or same, full of, or very; ward denotes in the direction of; ure means state of; and y, full of, or composed of.