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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| bevy | a large group or collection |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| juridical | of or relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge |