GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gingerly | very cautious or careful |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| append | attach |
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| centrifuge | a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects |