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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| exhume | disinter |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |