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 |
|---|---|
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| natal | native |
| gusty | the sensation of taste |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |