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 |
|---|---|
| hap | happening |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| canny | clever |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| haven | harbor |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |