GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| adversary | one that contends with, opposes, or resists : an enemy or opponent |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |