GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |