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 |
|---|---|
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |