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 |
|---|---|
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |