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Anonymous asked in Education & ReferenceHomework Help · 1 decade ago

Please help me with my vocabulary homework.......?

Ok, so I am given a suffix, and I have to think of 4 words that end with it (besides the examples that are already there).

Here they are:

-ious ex: gracious

-ism ex:favoritism

-ive ex:active

-ling ex:duckling

-oid ex:humanoid

-some ex:troublesome

I appreciate all answers. Anyone who can give me 4 examples for all of them will get 10 points. Thanks guys! Have a great Friday!

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  • Rivers
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago
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    -ious

    1) suspicious

    2) delicious

    3) anxious

    4) obnoxious

    -ism

    1) astigmatism

    2) electromagnetism

    3) fascism

    4) terrorism

    -ive

    1) deceptive

    2) conducive

    3) infective

    4) effective

    -ling

    1) ceiling

    2) filling

    3) filing (Yes it is different than number 2)

    4) bicycling

    -oid

    1) paranoid

    2) void

    3) avoid

    4) droid

    -some

    1) bothersome

    2) chromosome

    3) gruesome

    4) handsome

  • 4 years ago

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  • 1 decade ago

    ious; suspicious, pious, delicious, envious. (4)

    ism; patriotism, plagarism, activism, microism. (4)

    ive; devisive, explitive, interactive, passive. (4)

    ling; earthling, sapling, dangling, fledgling. (4)

    oid; humanoid, deltoid, trapazoid, schitzoid (4)

    some; handsome, lonesome, winsome, bothersome (4)

  • 1 decade ago

    -ious

    felonious

    tedious (-ious here is not a suffix)

    malicious

    -ism

    racism

    sexism

    Taoism

    Confucianism

    Buddhism

    feminism

    cubism

    -ive

    passive

    conducive

    -ling

    nestling

    gosling

    -oid

    anthropoid

    alkaloid

    factoid

    planetoid

    paranoid

    trapezoid

    -some

    cumbersome

    winsome

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  • 1 decade ago

    -ious: delicious, scrumptious, obnoxious, grievous

    -ism: journalism, realism, sexism, ageism

    -ive: attractive, defensive, offensive, massive

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    iuos; glorious, furious, religious, rebellious

    ism; formalism, vegetarianism, Taoism, Buddhism

    ive; chive, dive, live, five

    ling; cling, underling, darkling

    oid; steroid, polaroid, anthrapoid, planetoid

    some; bothersome, quarrelsome, chromosome, threesome

  • asdf
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    handsome, threesome, tiresome, cumbersome

    chuckling, earthling (lol)

    paranoid, asteroid, trapezoid

    sexism, feminism, racism, heroism

    spacious, serious, precious, malicious

    festive, persuasive, progressive

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    precious.anxious, serious, vicious,

    plagiarism, catechism,Marxism,jingoism

    active, superlative, vindictive,re-active.

    crackling, suckling, pickling,sparkling

    void, solenoid,planetoid,avoid

    handsome,awesome,winsome,.

  • 1 decade ago

    uh i could only think of 1:

    Sufism

    spacious

    passive

    lonesome

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