GRE Word List
INFER
to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises
The meaning of the word infer is to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |