GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| bask | to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| exude | to ooze out |