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 |
|---|---|
| clipper | one that clips something |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| gingerly | very cautious or careful |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |