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 |
|---|---|
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| centurion | an officer commanding a Roman century |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| malodorous | having a bad odor |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |