GRE Word List

UNDERLYING

lying beneath or below

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

Random words

WordMeaning
torpedoa weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as
onusburden
bleakexposed and barren and often windswept
floutto treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn
veerto change direction or course
darta light spear
lopsidedleaning to one side
regicidea person who kills a king
compartmenta separate division or section
padrea Christian clergyman