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 |
|---|---|
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| thrive | to grow vigorously : flourish |
| tactful | having or showing tact |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |