The Only Use of
comprehend
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- How so reasonable a creature could live in peril of everlasting torment was incomprehensible.
p. 50.2incomprehensible = not understandablestandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incomprehensible means not and reverses the meaning of comprehensible. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
Definition:
to understand something -- especially to understand it completely