able
The next ROOT-WORDS are the Suffixes ABLE & IBLE. It means just what it says ABLE & CAN DO. A very useful key they are. Remember the difference between Suffix and Prefix: a prefix comes at the beginning of a word, and suffix at the end.
1. Capable: cap ABLE (cape’ a b’l) adj.
Able to do things well
2. Bearable: bear ABLE (bear’ a b’l) adj.
Able to be endured
3. Agreeable: agree ABLE (a gree’ a b’l) adj.
Able to please’ as, agreeable manners
4. Acceptable: accept ABLE (ak sept’ a b’l) adj.
Able to be accepted; welcome
5. Comfortable: comfort ABLE (com’ fert a b’l) adj.
Able to give case, strength
6. Enjoyable: enjoy ABLE (en joy’ a b’l) adj.
Able to be enjoyed; able to give satisfaction
7. Transferable: transfer ABLE (trans fer’ a b’l) adj.
Can be carried across
8. Forcible: forc IBLE (fors’ i b’l) adj.
Can be powerful; as, a forcible writer
9. Horrible: horr IBLE (hor’ I b’l) adj.
Able to shock
10. Laughable: laugh ABLE (laf’ a b’l) adj.
Can be laughed at; as, a joke
11. Manageable: manage ABLE (man’ ij a b’l) adj.
Can be managed
12. Portable: port ABLE (port’ a b’l) adj.
Can be carried; as, a portable typewriter
13. Reliable: reli ABLE (re lie’ a b’l) adj.
Can be depended on; trustworthy
14. Sociable: soci ABLE (so’ sha b’l) adj.
Friendly; can get along with people
15. Tenable: ten ABLE (ten’ a b’l) adj.
Can be held or defended; sensible
16. Terrible: terr IBLE (ter’ i b’l) adj.
Can excite terror
17. Edible: ed IBLE (ed’ i b’l) adj.
Can be eaten
18. Transmissible: transmiss IIBLE (trans mis’ i b’l) adj.
Can be sent across; can be imparted hereditarily
19. Transportable: transport ABLE (trans port’ a b’l) adj.
Can be carried across
20. Visible: vis IBLE (viz’ i b’l) adj.
Can be seen; perceptible
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