GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |
| inundate | overwhelm |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |