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 |
|---|---|
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| encompass | include |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| servile | of or befitting a menial position |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |