GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| resolution | the act or process of resolving: such as |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| mischance | bad luck |