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 |
|---|---|
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| delude | to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| cohorts | companion |