GRE Word List
SUSTAIN
to give support or relief to
The meaning of the word sustain is to give support or relief to.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| cubicle | a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |