GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| frock | an outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| flip | to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air |
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| sentinel | sentry |
| stentorian | extremely loud |