| en—darken | ful—fearful |
| en—golden | ly—smoothly |
| ish—sweetish | like—childlike |
| less—fearless | some—lonesome |
Define each suffix.
What part of speech does it make?
Exercise 49—Greek Roots
Below is given a list of common Greek roots with the English meaning of each. Form words using one or more of the roots for each word, and define the words you make. For instance, give the meaning of telephone, telegraph, and monarch.
| Greek English | Greek English |
| phon—hear | chron—time |
| tele—far | cycl—circle |
| graph—write | geo—earth |
| scop—see | polit—government |
| micro—small | cra—rule |
| mono—one | demo—people |
| arch—chief | hydro—water |
| metr—measure | poly—many |
| baro—pressure, weight | pluto—riches |
How many names of modern inventions have you made?
Exercise 50
What words belonging to your vocabulary end in the following suffixes? Choose only such as have an English word for the root.
Adjective Suffixes