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 |
|---|---|
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| whimsy | whim |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |