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 |
|---|---|
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |