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 |
|---|---|
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| amend | to put right |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |