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 |
|---|---|
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| nourishment | food |
| cursive | running |
| gazette | newspaper |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| cipher | zero |
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |