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 |
|---|---|
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| ewe | the female of the sheep especially when mature |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |