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 |
|---|---|
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
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| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |