GRE Word List
UNDERMINE
to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly
The meaning of the word undermine is to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly.
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|---|---|
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |