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 |
|---|---|
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| appease | pacify |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |