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 |
|---|---|
| fervid | very hot : burning |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| cordon | an ornamental cord or ribbon |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |