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 |
|---|---|
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| exuberance | the quality or state of being exuberant |
| dilute | attenuate |
| nocturnal | of, relating to, or occurring in the night |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
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| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |