Power Suffixes for Seventh Grade Students: -ize (make, cause, become)

This vocabulary list features words with the common suffix -ize, which means "to make, cause, treat, or become."
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  1. recognize
    perceive to be something or something you can identify
  2. organize
    arrange by systematic planning and united effort
  3. civilize
    raise to a more advanced stage of development
  4. emphasize
    stress or single out as important
  5. specialize
    become more focused on an area of activity or field of study
  6. utilize
    put into service
  7. patronize
    provide support for
  8. harmonize
    bring into accord
  9. capitalize
    write in large alphabetic characters
  10. hypnotize
    induce a state that resembles sleep in
  11. minimize
    make small or insignificant
Created on Tue Jun 03 20:05:05 EDT 2025 (updated Thu Jun 19 10:54:23 EDT 2025)

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