age ance/ence hood ity ment ness tion
shortage performance neighborhood safety excitement kindness action
marriage patience boyhood brutality argument sadness attraction
signage appearance motherhood legality achievement happiness vacation

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These suffixes all make nouns.  They show a "state."  For example, sadness is the state of being sad, and vacation....it means the state of vacating or LEAVING!  Cool!  Remember these suffixes make nouns and the root word usually keeps it's meaning. 
 

 

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