GRE Word List
POSTULATE
demand
The meaning of the word postulate is demand.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| stout | strong of character: such as |
| determinate | having defined limits |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |