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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| demolition | the act of demolishing |
| apprehend | arrest |
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |