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 |
|---|---|
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| hide | to put out of sight : secrete |
| leery | suspicious |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |