-ious, -eous, -ous

This vocabulary list features words with the common prefixes -ious, -eous, -ous that turn nouns into adjectives and meaning "having the qualities of, full of."
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  1. religious
    having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity
  2. ambitious
    having a strong desire for success or achievement
  3. contagious
    (of disease) capable of being spread by infection
  4. ferocious
    marked by extreme and violent energy
  5. victorious
    having won
  6. tenacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  7. zealous
    marked by active interest and enthusiasm
  8. harmonious
    exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents
  9. spacious
    having ample room
  10. amphibious
    relating to vertebrates that live on land but breed in water
Created on Tue Jun 10 12:09:16 EDT 2025 (updated Tue Jun 10 12:10:42 EDT 2025)

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