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 |
|---|---|
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| scenario | an outline or synopsis of a play |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| faculty | ability |
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
| ravenous | rapacious |