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

WordMeaning
cascadea steep usually small fall of water
overtopen to view : manifest
trancestupor
adhereto hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing
pinnacea light sailing ship
emaciatedvery thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness
intermittentcoming and going at intervals : not continuous
apprehensiveviewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future
deliriuman acute (see acute
adamantunshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding