Nouns
A long or arduous search of something.
Quest.
Occupy or attract (someone's interest or attention).
Engage.
Impervious to water.
Water-proof.
/ˈlidərəsē/
Literacy.
Memorise.
Learn by rote.
The ability to sustain prolonged physical or mental effort.
Stamina.
Insert or fix tissue or artificial object in a person´s body, especially by surgery.
Implant.
(an asset or object) You have bought or obtained for yourself.
Acquired
/dəˈzī(ə)r/
Desire.
Study all night.
Pull an all-nighter.
Likely to get an injury.
Injury-prone.
Show or prove to be right or reasonable.
Justify.
Not likely to cause someone to be afraid or worried.
Non-threating.
/pərˈso͞o/
Pursue.
Way of thinking.
School of thought.
The capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties.
Resilience.
Fix an object firmly and deeply in a sorrounding mass.
Embed.
Based on a series of simple rules.
Rule-based.
/ˈimprəˌvīz/
Improvise.
The 3 Rs.
Reading, writing and arithmetic.
The length of time for which something lasts.
Span.
Join or fasten plates of metal with a rivet or rivets.
Rivet.
Complete, absolute.
Utter.
/əˌdaptəˈbilədē/
Adaptability.
Can do it very well.
Has it down to a fine art.