GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |