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 |
|---|---|
| rostrum | an ancient Roman platform for public orators |
| flounder | flatfish |
| venture | to proceed especially in the face of danger |
| convention | agreement |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| engender | beget |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |