GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |