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 |
|---|---|
| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| distort | to twist (see twist |