GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| choice | the act of choosing : selection |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| imply | to express indirectly |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| maroon | a dark red |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |