GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| guy | man |
| spare | not being used |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| cryptic | secret |
| centrifuge | a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |