GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| commune | talk over |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |