GRE Word List

UNDERLYING

lying beneath or below

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

Random words

WordMeaning
guilelessinnocent
abhorto regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe
trickleto issue or fall in drops
dynamicmarked by usually continuous and productive activity or change
agnostica person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable
tenaciousnot easily pulled apart : cohesive
trancestupor
miscreantunbelieving
egoisma doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action
taperto become progressively smaller toward one end