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October 26, 2014 by Mike Bergin

Roots2Words Affix of the Week: -ICE

Looking to add a lot more words your personal lexicon or just want to better understand the English language? If you learn the common roots, prefixes, and suffixes that so many of our words are based on, you’ll have the tools to recognize familiar words or decode unfamiliar words. That’s the Roots2Words way!
 

Your Roots2Words Affix of the Week is -ICE:

roots2wordssquare200-ICE is a suffix meaning quality or state of.
(Suffixes appear at the end of words)
 
**EXAMPLES**

armistice (noun) – a formal agreement to end fighting; a ceasefire or truce
BREAKDOWN: ARM- (weapon) + STI- (to stand or stop) + -ICE (state of)

avarice (noun) – greed, covetousness
BREAKDOWN: AVAR- (greed) + -ICE (quality or state of)

hospice (noun) – a specialized facility or group offering palliative care for the terminally ill; the provision of palliative care and support
BREAKDOWN: HOSP- (guest, host) + -ICE (state of)

jaundice (verb) – to color by prejudice or envy (also a physical condition characterized by yellowness of the eyes and skin)
BREAKDOWN: JAUN- (yellow) -ICE (quality or state of)

malice (noun) – the desire to do harm or mischief; evil intent
BREAKDOWN: MAL- (bad) -ICE (quality or state of)

precipice (noun) – a steep cliff; the brink of a perilous situation
BREAKDOWN: PRE- (before) + CIP- (head) + -ICE (state of)

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