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 |
|---|---|
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| delirium | an acute (see acute |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |