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 |
|---|---|
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| stout | strong of character: such as |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |