GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| paramour | lover |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| belated | delayed beyond the usual time |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| comestible | edible |