forbearance

Samuel B. (Switzerland)
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  1. abate
    become less in amount or intensity
  2. abdicate
    give up power, duties, or obligations
  3. aberration
    a state or condition markedly different from the norm
  4. abstain
    refrain from doing, consuming, or partaking in something
  5. adversity
    a state of misfortune or affliction
  6. aesthetic
    characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
  7. amicable
    characterized by friendship and good will
  8. anachronistic
    chronologically misplaced
  9. arid
    lacking sufficient water or rainfall
  10. asylum
    a shelter from danger or hardship
  11. benevolent
    showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding
  12. bias
    a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue
  13. boisterous
    marked by exuberance and high spirits
  14. brazen
    not held back by conventional ideas of behavior
  15. brusque
    rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner
  16. camaraderie
    the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability
  17. canny
    showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
  18. capacious
    large in the amount that can be contained
  19. capitulate
    surrender under agreed conditions
  20. clairvoyant
    someone who can perceive things not present to the senses
  21. collaborate
    work together on a common enterprise or project
  22. compassion
    a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
  23. compromise
    an accommodation in which both sides make concessions
  24. condescending
    characteristic of those who treat others with arrogance
  25. conditional
    imposing or depending on or containing an assumption
  26. conformist
    someone who follows established standards of conduct
  27. convergence
    the act of coming closer
  28. deleterious
    harmful to living things
  29. demagogue
    a leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions
  30. digression
    a message that departs from the main subject
  31. diligent
    quietly and steadily persevering in detail or exactness
  32. discredit
    the state of being held in low esteem
  33. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  34. divergent
    tending to move apart in different directions
  35. empathy
    understanding and entering into another's feelings
  36. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
  37. enervating
    causing weakness or debilitation
  38. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  39. evanescent
    short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear
  40. exemplary
    worthy of imitation
  41. extenuating
    partially excusing or justifying
  42. florid
    elaborately or excessively ornamented
  43. forbearance
    a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges
  44. fortitude
    strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity
  45. fortuitous
    lucky; occurring by happy chance
  46. foster
    providing nurture though not related by blood or legal ties
  47. fraught
    filled with or attended with
  48. frugal
    avoiding waste
  49. hackneyed
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  50. haughty
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  51. hedonist
    someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures
  52. hypothesis
    a tentative insight that is not yet verified or tested
  53. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  54. impute
    attribute or credit to
  55. inconsequential
    lacking worth or importance
  56. inevitable
    incapable of being avoided or prevented
  57. intrepid
    invulnerable to fear or intimidation
  58. intuitive
    spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency
  59. jubilation
    a feeling of extreme joy
  60. lobbyist
    someone who is employed to persuade how legislators vote
  61. longevity
    the property of having lived for a considerable time
  62. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
  63. nonchalant
    marked by casual unconcern or indifference
  64. opulent
    rich and superior in quality
  65. orator
    a person who delivers a speech
  66. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  67. parched
    extremely thirsty
  68. perfidious
    tending to betray
  69. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
  70. precocious
    characterized by exceptionally early development
  71. pretentious
    creating an appearance of importance or distinction
  72. procrastinate
    waste time or postpone doing what one should be doing
  73. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  74. prosperity
    the condition of having good fortune
  75. provocative
    serving or tending to excite or stimulate
  76. prudent
    marked by sound judgment
  77. querulous
    habitually complaining
  78. rancorous
    showing deep-seated resentment
  79. reclusive
    withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
  80. reconciliation
    the reestablishment of cordial relations
  81. renovation
    the act of improving by renewing and restoring
  82. restrained
    under control
  83. reverence
    a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
  84. sagacity
    the trait of having wisdom and good judgment
  85. scrutinize
    examine carefully for accuracy
  86. spontaneous
    said or done without having been planned in advance
  87. spurious
    plausible but false
  88. submissive
    inclined or willing to give in to orders or wishes of others
  89. substantiate
    establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
  90. subtle
    difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
  91. superficial
    of, affecting, or being on or near the surface
  92. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  93. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  94. tactful
    having a sense of what is considerate in dealing with others
  95. tenacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  96. transient
    lasting a very short time
  97. venerable
    profoundly honored
  98. vindicate
    show to be right by providing justification or proof
  99. wary
    marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
Created on Thu Aug 30 08:36:21 EDT 2012

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