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 |
|---|---|
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| mischance | bad luck |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |