GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| sentimental | marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| lope | an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| arid | excessively dry |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |