GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| antipathy | a strong feeling of dislike |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| reverberate | reflect |
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
| pan | a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |