GRE Word List
UNDERSCORE
underline; emphasize
The meaning of the word underscore is underline; emphasize.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| antiquated | obsolete; old-fashioned; outdated |
| franchise | right or privilege granted by authority; right to vote; license to sell a product in a particular territory |
| beget | father; become the father of; produce; give rise to |
| outlaw | fugitive from the law (excluded from legal protection); V: declare (someone) to be an outlaw; deprive of the protection of the law; declare illegal; Ex. Drinking has been outlawed. |
| invincible | unconquerable |
| pan | criticize harshly |
| jovial | good-natured; merry; cheerful |
| breach | breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap; opening; V. |
| perverse | purposely continuing to do something wrong; stubbornly wrongheaded; perverted; directed away from what is right; wicked and unacceptable; Ex. perverse satisfaction; Ex. Hannibal Lecter in a perverse mood; N. perversity |
| engulf | surround and swallow up |
