GRE Word List
UNDERLYING
lying beneath or below
The meaning of the word underlying is lying beneath or below.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
