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 |
|---|---|
| indecisive | marked by or prone to indecision : irresolute |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| institution | an established organization or corporation (such as a bank or university) especially of a public character |
| insurgent | a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |