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 |
|---|---|
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| escapade | a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |