Power Suffixes for Tenth Grade Students: -ary

Learn these words formed with the suffix -ary meaning "of or relating to."
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  1. literary
    relating to or characteristic of creative writing
  2. contrary
    exact opposition
  3. primary
    of first rank or importance or value
  4. voluntary
    of your own free will or design
  5. solitary
    not growing or living in groups or colonies
  6. revolutionary
    markedly new or introducing radical change
  7. momentary
    lasting for a markedly brief time
  8. customary
    commonly used or practiced
  9. imaginary
    not based on fact; unreal
  10. hereditary
    occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
Created on Fri Jun 06 13:06:27 EDT 2025 (updated Fri Jun 06 13:07:23 EDT 2025)

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