GRE Word List
UNASSUMING
not assuming : modest
The meaning of the word unassuming is not assuming : modest.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| obscure | dark |