postulate

Day 22Level 2

POS-chuh-leyt

essential premise

essential premise; underlying assumption

Part of Speech: noun

Example Sentence:

The basic postulate of democracy, set forth in the Declaration of Independence, is that all men are created equal.

Related Words

insensitive

KAL-uhs

insensitive to others feelings

act of thinking

KOG-ni-tiv

concerned with act of thinking or perceiving

weakness

dih-BIL-i-tee

weakness; incapacity

verbal attack

di-TRAK-shun

the act of belittling the reputation of a person, work etc.

transparent

dy-AF-uh-nus

transparent or gauzy; thin and delecate

small

dih-MIHN-yuh-tihv

small; little; tiny