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 |
|---|---|
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| chaotic | marked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |