GRE Word List

SURMISE

a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture

The meaning of the word surmise is a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture.

Random words

WordMeaning
peripheralof, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part
outlawa person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law
construeto analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part)
slacknot using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent
pummelpound
executorone who executes something
prefigureto show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness
emetican agent that induces vomiting
nihilista viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless
decrepitwasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age