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 |
|---|---|
| deputize | to appoint as deputy |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |