Suffixes
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
j
u
d
To move forward by leaps and bounds
3.
f
x
Alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail (plural)
4.
w
a
d
To accompany or escort
7.
r
y
i
The process of shedding tears
8.
s
w
i
n
Moving through water using your arms and legs
9.
d
y
In a dim indistinct manner
12.
o
s
t
Entailing great loss or sacrifice
13.
n
g
t
For the most time
14.
t
i
n
The act of contacting one thing with another
15.
s
h
n
Disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock
17.
p
e
d
To move very fast
19.
a
c
h
s
A division of some larger or more complex organization (plural)
22.
s
c
r
s
Rushing about hastily in an undignified way (plural)
23.
c
a
e
e
To cause to separate and go in different directions