GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| ursine | of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae) |
| primp | to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner |