GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |