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 |
|---|---|
| toss | to throw with a quick, light, or careless motion or with a sudden jerk |
| clapper | one that claps: such as |
| dismantle | to disconnect the pieces of |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |