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 |
|---|---|
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| hull | the outer covering of a fruit or seed |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| robust | having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |