Power Suffixes for Eleventh Grade Students: -al

Learn these words formed with the suffix -al forming adjectives and meaning "of, like, related to."
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  1. habitual
    commonly used or practiced
  2. proportional
    having a constant ratio
  3. monumental
    of outstanding significance
  4. phenomenal
    exceedingly or unbelievably great
  5. patriarchal
    of a social organization with the male as the head
  6. spectral
    resembling or characteristic of a phantom
  7. aboriginal
    having existed from the beginning
  8. autumnal
    of or characteristic of or occurring in the fall
  9. abdominal
    relating to or near the middle region of the body
  10. aspirational
    having a strong desire for success or achievement
  11. transitional
    of or relating to change from one state to another
  12. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  13. sepulchral
    of or relating to a chamber that is used as a grave
  14. fictional
    related to or involving imaginative literary work
  15. detrimental
    causing harm or injury
Created on Thu Jun 19 12:39:53 EDT 2025 (updated Thu Jun 19 12:42:24 EDT 2025)

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