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 |
|---|---|
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| predetermine | foreordain |