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 |
|---|---|
| maritime | of, relating to, or bordering on the sea |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| provident | frugal |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| benefactor | someone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |