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 |
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poise | balance |
counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
brag | a pompous or boastful statement |
valid | having legal efficacy or force |
vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
fluke | flatfish |
ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |