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 |
|---|---|
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| incense | material used to produce a fragrant odor when burned |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |