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 |
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irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
zephyr | a breeze from the west |
snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
constraint | the act of constraining |
scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |