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 |
|---|---|
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| tome | book |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| corporeal | having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as |
| acumen | keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| 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 |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |