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 |
|---|---|
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| boor | peasant |
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| prank | trick |
| delineate | to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| latitude | angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as |
| minuscule | very small |