GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| delve | excavate |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |