GRE Word List
CONJECTURE
inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence
The meaning of the word conjecture is inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| heckler | one who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |