bear, suffer, endure, abide, tolerate, stand mean to put up with something trying or painful.

bear usually implies the power to sustain without flinching or breaking.

suffer often suggests acceptance or passivity rather than courage or patience in bearing.

endure implies continuing firm or resolute through trials and difficulties.

abide suggests acceptance without resistance or protest.

tolerate suggests overcoming or successfully controlling an impulse to resist, avoid, or resent something injurious or distasteful.

stand emphasizes even more strongly the ability to bear without discomposure or flinching.

continue, last, endure, abide, persist mean to exist over a period of time or indefinitely.

continue applies to a process going on without ending.

last, especially when unqualified, may stress existing beyond what is normal or expected.

endure adds an implication of resisting destructive forces or agencies.

abide implies stable and constant existing especially as opposed to mutability.

persist suggests outlasting the normal or appointed time and often connotes obstinacy or doggedness.