sist

stand

Usage

  • interstitial

    The adjective interstitial pertains to a narrow opening or a crack between two things.

  • subsistence

    Subsistence is the means someone has to support their existence, usually referring to food and shelter.

  • persist

    When you persist in doing something, you keep on or continue doing it.

  • inconsistency

    An inconsistency is something that does not quite fit or disagrees somehow with the rest of the members of its group.

  • assist

    When you assist another person, you help them do something.

  • resist

    When you resist something, you try to stop it from happening by fighting or working against it.

  • assistant

    of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another

  • coexist

    coexist peacefully, as of nations

  • consist

    originate (in)

  • consistency

    the property of holding together and retaining its shape

  • consistent

    (sometimes followed by `with') in agreement or consistent or reliable

  • desist

    choose not to consume

  • exist

    have an existence, be extant

  • existentialism

    (philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe

  • inconsistent

    displaying a lack of consistency

  • insist

    be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge

  • insistent

    repetitive and persistent

  • interstice

    a small structural space between tissues or parts of an organ

  • irresistible

    impossible to resist

  • persistent

    never-ceasing

  • resistance

    the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with

  • subsist

    support oneself

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