Question

Write the noun forms of following words adding -ance or -ence to each:
Endure____
Persist____
Signify____
Confide____
Maintain____
Abhor____

Answer 1

Hint: The question requires us to write the noun of respective words. A noun is a term that refers to a particular entity or group of things, such as living beings, locations, behaviour, attributes, states of life, or ideas. For example – United States, car, lion etc.

Complete answer:
A noun is a word that refers to a person, a place, an object, or a concept. Nouns may be used as the subject, direct object, indirect object, subject complement, object complement, appositive, or adjective in a sentence.
The question requires us to form a noun using “-ance” or “-ence”. The answer will be as follows:
Endure___=Endurance.
It means the willingness to persevere in the face of an unpleasant or challenging phase or circumstance without giving up.
Sentence: Running long races requires high endurance.

Persist___=Persistence.
It means the act of sticking to one's convictions or course of action in the face of adversity or opposition.
Sentence: Many times, to get something you want, it requires persistence.

Signify___=Significance.
It means showing importance.
Sentence: The significance of elections in democracy is unparalleled.

Confide___=Confidence.
It means the sensation or conviction that one can trust or depend on someone or something.
Sentence: She has shown a lot of confidence throughout the project.

Maintain___=Maintenance.
It means the process of preserving a condition or situation or the state of being preserved.
Sentence: The yearly maintenance of my car is going high.

Abhor____= Abhorrence.
It means having a feeling of repulsion or disgust.
Sentence: The thought of marrying him filled her with abhorrence.

Note: we note that the suffix is a group of letters placed after the root of a word. There are certain word endings that show that a word is a noun, for example:
-ity → familiarity
-ment → punishment
-ness → happiness
-ation → relation
-hood → childhood