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 |
|---|---|
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |