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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| monogram | a sign of identity usually formed of the combined initials of a name |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |