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 |
|---|---|
| fulcrum | prop |
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |