1. This week’s vocabulary Words for 6th Grade
Suffixes: - able and - ible
Week of Jan. 3, 2011
The suffixes -able and -ible both mean “able or can do.” For example,
something that is visible is “able to be seen.”
# Word POS Definition
1 audible adj. able to be heard
2 incredible adj. difficult to believe; extraordinary
3 capable adj. having the ability, fitness, or quality necessary to do or achieve a
specified thing
4 irritable adj. having or showing the tendency to be easily annoyed or made
angry
5 comparable adj. (of a person or thing) able to be likened to another; similar
6 legible adj. (of handwriting or print) clear enough to read
7 edible adj. fit to be eaten (often used to contrast with unpalatable or poisonous
examples)
8 permissible adj. permitted; allowed
9 feasible adj. possible to do easily or conveniently
10 reversible adj. able to be reversed
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