encourage, inspire, promote

Kathleen S.
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  1. encourage
    inspire with confidence
  2. inspire
    serve as the inciting cause of
  3. promote
    assign to a higher position
  4. boost
    increase
  5. stimulate
    cause to act in a specified manner
  6. boost
    increase
  7. encouragement
    the act of giving hope or support to someone
  8. pushing
    the act of applying force in order to move something away
  9. power
    possession of the qualities required to do something
  10. ability
    the quality of having the means or skills to do something
  11. quality
    an essential and distinguishing attribute of something
  12. power
    possession of the qualities required to do something
  13. provide
    give something useful or necessary to
  14. powerlessness
    the quality of lacking strength or power
  15. inefficient
    not producing desired results; wasteful
  16. vain
    having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
  17. self-conceited
    characteristic of false pride
  18. egotistical
    having an inflated idea of one's own importance
  19. fruitless
    unproductive of success
  20. attack
    an offensive against an enemy
  21. defend
    protect against a challenge or attack
  22. prevent
    keep from happening or arising; make impossible
  23. fight back
    defend oneself
  24. oppose
    be against
  25. forbid
    command against
  26. judgment
    the act of assessing a person or situation or event
  27. discernment
    the cognitive condition of someone who understands
  28. assessment
    the act of judging a person or situation or event
  29. opinion
    a personal belief or judgment
  30. understanding
    the condition of someone who knows and comprehends
  31. appreciation
    understanding of the nature or meaning of something
  32. sympathy
    sharing the feelings of others, especially sorrow or anguish
  33. discernment
    the cognitive condition of someone who understands
  34. understand
    know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
  35. intellect
    knowledge and mental ability
Created on Tue Aug 24 23:36:13 EDT 2010

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