GRE Word List
SURMISE
guess; N.
The meaning of the word surmise is guess; N..
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Word | Meaning |
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collateral | security given for loan; ADJ: secondary; descended from the same person but through different sons or daughters |
transcendental | going beyond common thought or ideas; impossible to understand by practical experiences or practices; known only by studying thoughts or intuition; OP. empirical; CF. transcendentalism |
ingrate | ungrateful person (not expressing thanks) |
rebuff | reject bluntly; snub; beat back; Ex. She rebuffed his invitation; N. |
premonition | forewarning; presentiment; foreboding |
amoral | nonmoral; having no understanding of right and wrong |
enthrall | capture; enslave; captivate; hold the complete attention of (as if magic); hold spellbound |
fluctuate | waver; shift; rise and fall as if in waves; change or vary irregularly |
presumptuous | going beyond what is right; excessively forward; arrogant; taking liberties |
protocol | diplomatic etiquette; ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats; first copy of a treaty before its ratification; Ex. Protocol demands that the queen meet him at the airport. |