GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |