GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| superannuated | outmoded |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| decipher | decode |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |