buttress

buttress [verb]: to support or strengthen.

Example: If you could buttress your opinions with facts, we might agree with you.

Related words: buttress [noun].

Notes: A buttress [noun] is an architectural structure that supports or reinforces a wall.

Synonyms: brace, bulwark, prop, reinforce, shore, support, strengthen, sustain, uphold

Antonyms: debilitate, destabilize, enfeeble, undermine, weaken

Tags: GRE

Category: Vocabulary words

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