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 |
|---|---|
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| statutory | of or relating to statutes |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| constituent | a member of a constituency |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |