GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| causal | expressing or indicating cause : causative |
| indignation | anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean |