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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
| hue | overall character or appearance to the mind : complexion |
| paradigm | example |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |