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 |
|---|---|
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| compilation | the act or process of compiling |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| tart | agreeably sharp or acid to the taste |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |