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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Word | Meaning |
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bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
espouse | marry |
urchin | hedgehog |
virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
impoverish | to make poor |