GRE Word List

ASSUMPTION

a taking to or upon oneself

The meaning of the word assumption is a taking to or upon oneself.

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WordMeaning
pulchritudephysical comeliness
permeablecapable of being permeated : penetrable
mercenaryone that serves merely for wages
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
regimeregimen
privyprivate
clairvoyanthaving clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception
pliantpliable
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
dabbleto work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest