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 |
|---|---|
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
| espouse | marry |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |