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Adjectives
Adjectives
4. **-ous / -eous / -ious:** Noun + -ous = Adjective (e.g., danger → dangerous, courage →
courageous)
4. **-ant / -ent:** Verb + -ant = Adjective (e.g., depend → dependent, assist → assistant)
**Other Suffixes:**
1. **-ish:** Sometimes added to nouns and even adjectives to create adjectives that suggest
"somewhat like" (e.g., child → childish, green → greenish)
2. **-ive / -ative / -itive:** These can be added to nouns, verbs, or even adjectives to form adjectives
that suggest "tending to" or "having the quality of" (e.g., create → creative, attract → attractive)
1. **-ful:**
2. **-less:**
3. **-al:**
5. **-y:**
1. **-able / -ible:**
2. **-ing:**
3. **-ed:**
4. **-ant / -ent:**
1. **-ish:**