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Associations of "Withstood" (30 Words)
| bear | Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws. Bear news. |
| cope | (of a person) deal effectively with something difficult. The roads are barely adequate to cope with the present traffic. |
| defy | Challenge. Go now defy him to the combat. |
| endurance | The capacity of something to last or to withstand wear and tear. The marathon tests a runner s endurance. |
| endure | Continue to live and avoid dying. It seemed impossible that anyone could endure such pain. |
| forbear | Resist doing something. Rebecca could not forbear a smile. |
| forbearance | The action of refraining from exercising a legal right, especially enforcing the payment of a debt. His unfailing courtesy and forbearance under great provocation. |
| fortitude | Courage in pain or adversity. She endured her illness with great fortitude. |
| grapple | The act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat. The two men grappled with each other for several minutes. |
| handle | Handle effectively. That s some handle for a baby. |
| maintenance | Means of maintenance of a family or group. A divorced man paying his ex wife 2 500 a year maintenance. |
| manage | Be the manager of a sports team or a performer. She managed a brave but unconvincing smile. |
| obstinacy | Resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires. His reputation for obstinacy. |
| patience | Good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence. I have run out of patience with her. |
| patiently | With patience; in a patient manner. He patiently explained the pros and cons. |
| perseverance | Persistent determination. Medicine is a field which requires dedication and perseverance. |
| persevere | Be persistent, refuse to stop. His family persevered with his treatment. |
| persist | Be persistent refuse to stop. We are persisting with policies that will create jobs for the future. |
| persistence | The fact of continuing in an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition. Cardiff s persistence was rewarded with a try. |
| recalcitrance | The trait of being unmanageable. |
| resist | Resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ. We will continue to resist changes to the treaty. |
| stamina | Enduring strength and energy. Their secret is stamina rather than speed. |
| struggle | Make a strenuous or labored effort. It was a struggle to make herself understood. |
| survival | A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment. His shorts were a survival from his army days. |
| survive | Manage to keep going in difficult circumstances. He survived the cancer against all odds. |
| sustain | An effect or facility on a keyboard or electronic instrument whereby a note can be sustained after the key is released. His health will no longer enable him to sustain the heavy burdens of office. |
| tolerate | Have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition. A regime unwilling to tolerate dissent. |
| toleration | The practice of tolerating something, in particular differences of opinion or behaviour. The king demanded greater religious toleration. |
| tribulation | A cause of great trouble or suffering. His time of tribulation was just beginning. |
| upkeep | The process of keeping something in good condition. Payments for the children s upkeep. |