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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WordMeaning
didacticdesigned or intended to teach
offhandwithout premeditation or preparation : extempore
disinterestednot having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged
exhumedisinter
tributesomething given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved
culpablemeriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful
torquea force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
prefigureto show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness
laconicusing or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious