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
privationan act or instance of depriving : deprivation
asceticpracticing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline
assimilateto take into the mind and thoroughly understand
defrayto provide for the payment of : pay
juridicalof or relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge
latentpresent and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
plumpto drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily
laceto draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets
solitudethe quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion
bohemiana native or inhabitant of Bohemia