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 |
|---|---|
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| exude | to ooze out |
| verbalize | to express something in words |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
