GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| machiavellian | of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |