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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| allegiance | the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord |
| verdant | green in tint or color |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| calorific | caloric |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |