GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| anemia | a condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in hemoglobin, or in total volume |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |