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 |
|---|---|
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| congruent | congruous |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |