buttress

Day 4Level 3

BUH-tris

support

to reinforce ; prop up

Part of Speech: verb

Synonyms:

support, reinforcement, abutment

Antonyms:

weaken, let down

Example Sentence:

The increasing number of road accidents seems to buttress the need for enforcement of stricter traffic rules.

Related Words

support a cause

AAD-vuh-kayt

to support a cause

yearly allowance

uh-noo-i-tee

a specified income payable yearly or at other regular intervals

fearful about future

ap-ri-HEN-siv

fearful about something that might happen in future

confiscate

uh-PRO-pree-ayt

to take for one's own use; confiscate

warlike

BEL-i-kohs

warlike, belligerent

process of burning

kuhm-BUHS-chuhn

process of burning