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 |
|---|---|
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| eventual | contingent |
| grapple | the act or an instance of grappling |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| remnant | a usually small part, member, or trace remaining |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |