GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| apostate | one who commits apostasy |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| flounder | flatfish |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |