GRE Word List
UNDERSCORE
to draw a line under : underline
The meaning of the word underscore is to draw a line under : underline.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| sidetrack | siding |
| mischance | bad luck |
| boor | peasant |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| prodigy | a highly talented child or youth |