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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| thesis | a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |