GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| onus | burden |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| veer | to change direction or course |
| dart | a light spear |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| padre | a Christian clergyman |