Exploring Suffixes: Or, Ity, Ize

Which of the following words means "a person who writes books"?

• Author

• Authority

• Authorize

• Authorizee

What does the suffix "-ity" typically indicate in a word?

• A person who performs an action

• A state or quality

• To make or become

• A place or location

Choose the word that means "to make something legal or official."

• Legalize

• Legality

• Legislator

• Legal

Which word means "the state of being active"?

• Activator

• Activity

• Activate

• Active

Identify the word that means "a person who creates art."

• Artistic

• Artistry

• Artist

• Articulate

What does the word "modernize" mean?

• The state of being modern

• A person who is modern

• To make something modern

• Modernity

Which of the following words means "the quality of being able to be trusted"?

• Trustor

• Trustworthy

• Trustify

• Trustability

Choose the word that means "to make something public."

• Publicity

• Publicize

• Public

• Publisher

Which word means "the state of being similar"?

• Similarize

• Similarity

• Similitude

• Simile

Identify the word that means "a person who acts in plays or movies."

• Act

• Actor

• Activity

• Activate