GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| attire | to put garments on : dress |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |