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 |
|---|---|
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |