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 |
|---|---|
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| nocturnal | of, relating to, or occurring in the night |
| implode | to burst inward |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |