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 |
|---|---|
| defalcate | deduct |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |