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 |
|---|---|
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
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| hurl | rush |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |