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 |
|---|---|
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |