GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| polity | political organization |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| metallurgical | the science and technology of metals |