Power Suffixes for Eleventh Grade Students: -ary

Learn these words formed with the suffix -ary, meaning "of or relating to."
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  1. elementary
    of or being the essential or basic part
  2. monetary
    relating to or involving money
  3. auxiliary
    furnishing added support
  4. legendary
    so celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a myth
  5. sanitary
    free from filth and pathogens
  6. stationary
    not capable of being moved
  7. complimentary
    expressing praise and admiration
  8. honorary
    given as an award without the normal duties
  9. exemplary
    worthy of imitation
  10. rudimentary
    being in the earliest stages of development
  11. planetary
    of or relating to a celestial body that orbits around a star
Created on Fri Jun 06 13:07:44 EDT 2025 (updated Fri Jun 06 18:41:16 EDT 2025)

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