GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anomalous | inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular |
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| mat | a piece of coarse, woven, plaited, or felted fabric used especially as a floor covering or a support |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |