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 |
|---|---|
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |