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 |
|---|---|
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| actuary | clerk |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| license | permission to act |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| lumber | to move ponderously |