GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| slew | a large number |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| scourge | whip |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |
| ewe | the female of the sheep especially when mature |