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 |
|---|---|
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| billow | wave |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| violate | break |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |