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 |
|---|---|
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| apiarist | beekeeper |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| hierarchy | a division of angels |