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 |
|---|---|
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| facade | the front of a building |
| lax | loose |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| flighty | swift |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |