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 |
|---|---|
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| cataclysm | flood |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |