GRE Word List
CORROBORATE
to support with evidence or authority : make more certain
The meaning of the word corroborate is to support with evidence or authority : make more certain.
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conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
turmoil | a state or condition of extreme confusion, agitation, or commotion |
unruly | not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed |
whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
disconcert | to throw into confusion |
pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
superficial | of, relating to, or located near a surface |