Common Suffixes: Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ic

This vocabulary list features words with the common suffix that means "having characteristics of."
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  1. angelic
    relating to spiritual beings attendant upon God
  2. apologetic
    offering or expressing regret
  3. atomic
    relating to the smallest component of an element
  4. catastrophic
    extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin
  5. diplomatic
    relating to negotiation between nations
  6. dramatic
    characteristic of a stage performance
  7. graphic
    written or drawn or engraved
  8. magnetic
    of or relating to or caused by attraction for iron
  9. organic
    having properties characteristic of living beings
  10. patriotic
    inspired by love for your country
  11. poetic
    of or relating to verse, or literature in metrical form
  12. realistic
    aware or expressing awareness of things as they are
  13. rhythmic
    recurring with measured regularity
  14. scientific
    consistent with systematic study of the physical world
  15. symbolic
    relating to or using arbitrary signs
Created on Fri May 03 12:25:25 EDT 2024 (updated Fri Jul 26 16:20:11 EDT 2024)

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