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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WordMeaning
bouillona clear seasoned soup made usually from lean beef
doteto exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage
comaa state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter
apiculturethe keeping of bees especially on a large scale
exorbitantnot coming within the scope of the law
levitateto rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation
baskto lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere
connivancethe act of conniving
bifurcateddivided into two branches or parts