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 |
|---|---|
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |