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 |
|---|---|
| privy | private |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |