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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apprehensiveviewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future
wrangleto dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker
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grotesquea 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
compendiuma brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract
benedictionthe invocation (see invocation
deducibleto determine by reasoning or deduction
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severitythe quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh
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