GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| conclusive | of, relating to, or being a conclusion |