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 |
|---|---|
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| asunder | into parts |