Vocabular Quiz: Words with Suffixes -ant, -ent, -eer, -ist, -ian

An ______is person who produces paintings or drawings as a profession or hobby.

• artist

• cellist

• technician

• pioneer

a person whose job is to keep, inspect, and analyse financial accounts.

• accompanist

• dependent

• accountant

• volunteer

a ______ is person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task.

• auctioneer

• volunteer

• applicant

• attendant

a person who provides a musical support to another musician or to a singer.

• volunteer

• dependent

• accompanist

• pioneer

a person employed to look after technical equipment or do practical work in a laboratory.

• technician

• pioneer

• servant

• applicant

a _______ is a person who is among the first to explore or settle a new country or area.

Having or indicating a tendency to be overly generous to or lenient with someone is to be ________.

a person who conducts sales by accepting bids and declaring goods sold.

• dependent

• technician

• auctioneer

• accountant

(of a state or situation) requiring immediate action or attention.

• insistent

• urgent

• resistant

• defiant

demanding something; not allowing refusal.

• insistent

• hesitant

• resistant

• defiant