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 |
|---|---|
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| amulet | a charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft) |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| anarchy | absence of government |
| plump | to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily |
| vapid | lacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit : flat |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| choreography | the art of symbolically representing dancing |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |