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 |
|---|---|
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| wry | twist |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| impetuous | marked by impulsive vehemence or passion |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |