Common Suffixes: Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ance, -ence

This vocabulary list features words with the common suffix that means "act or condition of."
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  1. abundance
    the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply
  2. acceptance
    the state of being satisfactory
  3. assistance
    the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need
  4. attendance
    the act of being present at a meeting or event
  5. brilliance
    the quality of being extremely bright or glittering
  6. compliance
    the act of submitting, usually surrendering power to another
  7. confidence
    belief in yourself and your abilities
  8. consequence
    a phenomenon that is caused by some previous phenomenon
  9. convenience
    the quality of being useful
  10. difference
    the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
  11. emergence
    the act of coming out into view
  12. excellence
    possessing good qualities in high degree
  13. existence
    the state or fact of being
  14. guidance
    the act of showing the way
  15. importance
    the quality of being significant or worthy of note
  16. independence
    freedom from control or influence of another or others
  17. influence
    a power to affect persons or events
  18. maintenance
    activity involved in keeping something in good working order
  19. performance
    the act of doing something successfully
  20. persistence
    the act of continuing or repeating
  21. presence
    current existence
  22. relevance
    the relation of something to the matter at hand
  23. resilience
    ability of a material to return to its original shape
  24. substance
    the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
  25. tolerance
    willingness to respect the beliefs or practices of others
  26. violence
    a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction
  27. vigilance
    the process of paying close and continuous attention
Created on Fri May 03 14:56:25 EDT 2024 (updated Fri Jul 26 16:14:35 EDT 2024)

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