GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| crinkle | to form many short bends or ripples |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |