GRE Word List
SUSTAIN
to give support or relief to
The meaning of the word sustain is to give support or relief to.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| maritime | of, relating to, or bordering on the sea |
| drab | slattern |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |