GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |