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 |
|---|---|
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| shambles | a meat market |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |
| grudging | unwilling |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| chaotic | marked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered |