Asia - Malaysia 3
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salemon Plus on August 1, 2012
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The words in the set focus on adding the suffixes -ant/-ance and -ent/-ence. These suffixes generally take the meaning of the base word and turn it in to an action, process, quality or state. For example, hesitant: means the state or act of wavering hesitance: means the state of wavering (see more)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 exuberant | full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy |
| exuberance | overflowing with enthusiasm |
| diligent | hardworking, industrious, not lazy |
| diligence | conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task |
| fragrant | pleasant-smelling |
| fragrance | a sweet or pleasant smell |
| evident | capable of being seen or noticed |
| evidence | your basis for belief or disbelief |
| instant | a particular point in time |
| instance | an occurrence of something |
| impatient | restless or short of temper |
| impatience | lack of patience |
| elegant | refined or imposing in manner or appearance |
| elegance | a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste |
| independent | someone who does things on his or her own |
| independence | freedom from control or influence of another or others |
| vigilant | carefully observant or attentive |
| vigilance | the process of paying close and continuous attention |
| patient | a person who is under medical care or treatment; willingness to wait |
| patience | a willingness to wait for someone or something without complaining |
| resistant | having the ability to fight against |
| resistance | the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with |
| innocent | free from evil or guilt |
| innocence | the state of harmlessness |
| significant | fairly large |
| significance | the quality of being significant |
| intelligent | having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree |
| intelligence | the ability to comprehend |
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