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Sep 17, 2012

Manifest


readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
Psychoanalysis . of or pertaining to conscious feelings, ideas, and impulses that contain repressed psychic material: the manifest content of a dream as opposed to the latent content that it conceals.
 
 
 
 

Chastise


to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
to criticize severely.
 
 
 
 
 

Sep 16, 2012

Forbearance

control of temper.
she showed great forbearance.



Sep 15, 2012

Puberty

the period or age at which  a person is first capable of sexual reproduction of offspring: in common law, presumed to be 14 years in the male and 12 years in the female.




Attain


to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain: to attain one's goals.
 to come to or arrive at, especially after some labor or tedium; reach: to attain the age of 96; to attain the mountain peak.
 



 

Maintain

  1. to continue or retain; keep in existence
  2. to keep in proper or good condition ⇒ to maintain a building
  3. to support a style of living ⇒ the money maintained us for a month
  4. takes a clause as object to state or assert ⇒ he maintained that Talbot was wrong
  5. to defend against contradiction; uphold ⇒ she maintained her innocence
  6. to defend against physical attack




Wholesome

conducive to moral or general well-being; salutary; beneficial: wholesome recreation.
 
conducive to bodily health; healthful; salubrious: wholesome food; wholesome air; wholesome exercise.
 
suggestive of physical or moral health, especially in appearance.  
healthy or sound.