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 |
|---|---|
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| indite | make up |
| inculcate | to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| stumble | to fall into sin or waywardness |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |