GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| beguile | hoodwink |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| foul | offensive to the senses : loathsome |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |