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 |
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continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
sly | wise in practical affairs |
respite | a period of temporary delay |
paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
ciliated | possessing cilia |