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 |
|---|---|
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| celestial | of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity |
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |