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 |
|---|---|
| fructify | to bear fruit |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| amiable | friendly, sociable, and congenial |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |