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 |
|---|---|
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |