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 |
|---|---|
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| escapade | a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| comeback | a sharp or witty reply : retort |