GRE Word List
ASSUMPTION
a taking to or upon oneself
The meaning of the word assumption is a taking to or upon oneself.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| cryptic | secret |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |