GRE Word List
SUBSTANTIATE
to give substance or form to : embody
The meaning of the word substantiate is to give substance or form to : embody.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| inductive | of, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| spate | freshet |