GRE Word List

UNDERLYING

lying beneath or below

The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.

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deployto extend (a military unit) especially in width
sullyto make soiled or tarnished : defile
institutionalizeto make into an institution : give character of an institution to
blotchto mark or mar with blotches
self-indulgenceexcessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims
agitateto excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb
exiguousexcessively scanty : inadequate
encipherto convert (a message) into cipher
epochan event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development
penumbraa space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light