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 |
|---|---|
| iridescent | having or exhibiting iridescence |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ยน/โโ millimeter or less in diameter |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |
| postulate | demand |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |