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 |
|---|---|
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| calorific | caloric |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| charlatan | quack |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |