GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |