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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| dour | stern |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| personable | pleasant or amiable in person : attractive |
| endear | to cause to become beloved or admired |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |