GRE Word List
COMPREHEND
to grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of
The meaning of the word comprehend is to grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| indelible | that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| inadvertently | unintentional |