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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extroverta person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction
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padrea Christian clergyman
falsifyto prove or declare false : disprove
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libertinea freethinker especially in religious matters
fanciedimagined or believed to be true or real
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orthodoxconforming to established doctrine especially in religion
philologythe study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature