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 |
|---|---|
| raiment | clothing |
| lax | loose |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |