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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WordMeaning
tautologicalinvolving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant
tomebook
backslideto lapse morally or in the practice of religion
fumbleto grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly
corporealhaving, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as
acumenkeenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters
hazymade dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
inebriatedexhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated
repugnancethe quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent