GRE Word List

UNDERLYING

lying beneath or below

The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.

Random words

WordMeaning
dirgea song or hymn of grief or lamentation
irrepressibleimpossible to repress, restrain, or control
deciduousfalling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle
topographythe art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations
nibbill
strangleto choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle
siderealof, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations : astral
accrueto come into existence as a legally enforceable claim
disinterto take out of the grave or tomb
petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter