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 |
|---|---|
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| warrant | sanction |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |