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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amity | friendship |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |