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 |
|---|---|
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| leave-taking | departure |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| fester | to generate pus |
| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |