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 |
|---|---|
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| ramp | a sloping way or plane: such as |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| scourge | whip |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |