GRE Word List
MISAPPREHENSION
to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand
The meaning of the word misapprehension is to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| nexus | connection |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |