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 |
|---|---|
| disparity | a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| 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 |