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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proletariana member of the proletariat
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boostto push or shove up from below
surveillanceclose watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective)
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seduceto persuade to disobedience or disloyalty