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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
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| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| sadistic | of, relating to, or characterized by sadism |
| endue | provide |