GRE Word List

PRESUME

to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare

The meaning of the word presume is to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare.

Random words

WordMeaning
tortuousmarked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding
accretionthe process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as
woea condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief
eonan immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age
nonsensewords or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas
irresoluteuncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating
douseto plunge into water
rambleto move aimlessly from place to place
undermineto subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)