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 |
|---|---|
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| arboreal | of, relating to, or resembling a tree |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |