GRE Word List
SUSTAIN
suffer (harm or loss); experience; support; prop; maintain; keep in existence; nourish (to maintain life); Ex. sustain the family/the trapped miners
The meaning of the word sustain is suffer (harm or loss); experience; support; prop; maintain; keep in existence; nourish (to maintain life); Ex. sustain the family/the trapped miners.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sacrilegious | desecrating; profane; N. sacrilege: desecration, misuse, or theft of something sacred |
| rue | regret; lament; mourn; Ex. He will rue the day; N. ADJ. rueful |
| untoward | unexpected and adverse; unfortunate or unlucky; Ex. untoward encounter |
| officious | meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services; overly eager in offering unwanted services or advices; Ex. officious bellboy |
| default | failure to act; failure to perform a task or be present; V. |
| clipper | sailing vessel built for great speed |
| pillage | plunder |
| asymmetric | not identical on both sides of a dividing central line |
| betroth | become engaged to marry |
| temporal | of time; not lasting forever; limited by time; temporary; secular; worldly |