GRE Word List
PREMISE
a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference
The meaning of the word premise is a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |
| demographic | the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| restitution | an act of restoring or a condition of being restored: such as |
| antecede | precede |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |