resignation; he simply hung up his uniform and walked sadly out of the locker room.- There was resignation in Alex’s voice when he announced at long last that there was
nothing more that he could do.
To exhibit resignation is to be resigned (ri ZYNDE). Note carefully this particular meaning of the
word.
- After collecting several hundred rejection slips, Darla finally resigned herself to the fact
that her novel would never be published.
substantiate (sub STAN shee ayt) v to prove; to verify; to confirm
Mnemonic:As the root SUB- means “under,” there is SUBSTANTIAL PROOF UNDER an idea
(to support it).- Experts from the transit department were unable to substantiate the woman’s assertion
that little men from the center of the Earth had invaded the subway system and were
planning to take over the world. - The prosecutor did her best to substantiate the charge against the defendant, but it was
an uphill job; she couldn’t find a single witness willing to testify against him. - Lawrence’s entire scientific career is built on unsubstantiated theories; a case in point is
his ten-year study of communication between rocks.