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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| bigot | a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |