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 |
|---|---|
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| historic | historical |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |