MyVocabulary.com includes these SUFFIXES as a part of your Root-A-Week program! Suffixes modify and extend meaning. Use 9 suffix puzzles at grade level for each of these 9 "important" suffixes."-ANCE" words: Annoyance, Defiance, Dominance, Elegance, Endurance, Reluctance, Resistance, Tolerance. Suffix -ANCE and -ANCY mean "process; quality; state; and degree."