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 |
|---|---|
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being |
| indenture | a document or a section of a document that is indented |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |