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 |
|---|---|
| defect | an imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| pander | to act as a pander |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| modish | fashionable |