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 |
|---|---|
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| yen | a strong desire or propensity |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| realm | kingdom |
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |