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 |
|---|---|
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| biennial | occurring every two years |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| retribution | recompense |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| endorse | to write on the back of |