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 |
|---|---|
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
| cataclysm | flood |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
| credo | a guiding belief or principle : creed |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |