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 |
|---|---|
| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |
| wreak | bring about |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| ebullient | boiling |