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 |
|---|---|
| engender | beget |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| beguile | hoodwink |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |