The suffix -ar indicates which meaning?

• A. Pain
• B. Without
• C. Pertaining to
• D. Change

Answer: (C)

Suffix -ar forms adjectives that describe something as related to or pertaining to a noun. This is why terms like muscular or vascular use -ar to indicate a relationship to muscle or vessels. In the question, -ar signals that the word describes a connection or relation, meaning “pertaining to.”

Other meanings are conveyed by different endings: pain is shown by endings like -algia or -odynia, not -ar; 'without' is usually shown by a prefix such as a- or an-, and 'change' is expressed by endings like -ation or -ize, not -ar.