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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blatant | noisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : clamorous |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |