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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| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |