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.

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WordMeaning
precepta command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action
privyprivate
cohereto hold together firmly as parts of the same mass
provisoan article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
emollientmaking soft or supple
shrewdmarked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen
nomadicof, relating to, or characteristic of nomads
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
leewayan allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance