GRE Word List
UNDERSTATE
to represent as less than is the case
The meaning of the word understate is to represent as less than is the case.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| retribution | recompense |
| incline | to bend the head or body forward : bow |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |