GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| flourish | to grow luxuriantly : thrive |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |