Need asap which of the following words requires dropping the ending and adding ies to make it plural? stray ability journey cowboy

Abilities is a noun and plural, hope this helps. 

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So from what i learned That That a ending ad a plural is
Journey
Explaintion: Journeys is the only way to make the noun journey plural. Confusion arises because some people mistakenly believe that all nouns ending in "y" should form a pluralending in "ies". When a noun ends with [vowel] + y, you only need to add an "s" to form the plural.

more than 60 united nations member states have never been members of the security council.

a state which is a member of the united nations but not of the security council may participate, without a vote, in its discussions when the council considers that country's interests are affected. both members and non-members of the united nations, if they are parties to a dispute being considered by the council, may be invited to take part, without a vote, in the council's discussions; the council sets the conditions for participation by a non-member state.