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 |
|---|---|
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| steep | lofty |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |