GRE Word List

UNDERLYING

lying beneath or below

The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.

Random words

WordMeaning
inclementlacking mildness: such as
meniala person doing menial work
apprehensiveviewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future
exceptwith the exclusion or exception of
accompliceone associated with another especially in wrongdoing
putativecommonly accepted or supposed
agilitythe quality or state of being agile : nimbleness
irremediablenot remediable
triggera piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it
bowdlerizeto expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar