GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| welter | writhe |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |