GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| aplomb | complete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise |
| address | to mark directions for delivery on |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| concentric | having a common center |