mis

Usage

• demise

  A demise can be the death of someone or the slow end of something.

• premise

  A premise to an argument is a foundation or idea upon which the argument is based.

• compromise

  When you compromise someone's safety, you put it in danger in some way.

• surmise

  If you surmise why something has occurred, you make a guess, offer a possibility, or have a theory about it.

• compromising

  making or willing to make concessions

• premises

  land and the buildings on it

• promising

  full or promise