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True Believer, by Sparks

He had assumed a false intimacy, acting as if he were everyone's brother or best friend, and it seemed that the vast majority of the awestruck audience—including the attractive blonde and the woman the guest was addressing—considered him a gift from heaven itself.
Chpt 1 *

assumed = taken on the appearance of having

That's assuming there are even any lights to film.
Chpt 1

assuming = accepting as true (without really knowing)

He assumed he'd been forgiven, but the protective armor of their relationship had been chipped, and imperceptible cracks appeared with every additional absence.
Chpt 2

assumed = believed (without really knowing)

He rose slowly and began strolling toward the car, gnawing on what Jeremy assumed to be chewing tobacco.
Chpt 2 *

A moment later, a woman whom he assumed was Doris emerged.
Chpt 3

I assume you're staying at Greenleaf?
Chpt 3

assume = suspect (without really knowing)

Once he was finished with the hatchet job that would pose as an article, people around the country would assume that everyone who lived here was gullible, foolish, and superstitious.
Chpt 4

assume = believe (without really knowing)

Knowing him—and she readily admitted she didn't know him at all but was simply making an assumption here—he'd probably just stare at her all tongue-tied like he had when she saw him earlier in the cemetery.
Chpt 4

assumption = something accepted as true (without knowing for sure)

With peeling paint, plank walls, and tin roofs, they were reached by following small dirt pathways that led from a central bungalow that he assumed to be the main office.
Chpt 5

assumed = believed (without really knowing)

I assume you'll be at the library, right?
Chpt 6

assume = suspect (without really knowing)

And not from Tully's gas station, either, assuming he even had coffee.
Chpt 6

assuming = accepting as true (without really knowing)

Every now and then, a trail could be spotted, which he assumed was used by hunters.
Chpt 7

assumed = believed (without really knowing)

He was smarter than she'd first assumed, and even if he held his mind closed to the possibility of mystery, he made up for it by being good-humored about their differing beliefs and way of life.
Chpt 8

assumed = believed

Though he couldn't see the house, he slowed the car as he approached a towering hedge that he assumed lined a circular drive.
Chpt 9

assumed = suspected (without knowing for sure)

As the light grew in intensity, the fog began to curve and swirl, assuming different shapes.
Chpt 10

assuming = taking on

He compared the earlier photographs he'd taken of the cemetery to photos of the cemetery he found in books about the town's history, and came up with what he assumed to be a fairly accurate estimate regarding the rate that the cemetery was sinking.
Chpt 11

assumed = believed

It gave him plenty of time to get there, talk to Lexie, and come back, assuming he could find someone to take him there.
Chpt 13

assuming = accepting as true (without really knowing)

Though she'd assumed he would wonder what he'd done wrong or why she'd left, she also felt he'd get over it quickly.
Chpt 13

assumed = believed

Assuming this was her room, he set her suitcase just inside the door.
Chpt 14

assuming = believing

A number of volunteers were sweeping and dusting; two others were setting out additional Tiffany lamps, and Jeremy assumed that once the official tour began, the overhead lights would be dimmed to give the library a more historic atmosphere.
Chpt 17

assumed = believed (without really knowing)

Or should he pretend he hadn't even noticed her attitude and just assume that she still wanted to see how the mysterious lights really came about?
Chpt 17

assume = accept as true (without really knowing)

And that's assuming I even cared about the subject.
Chpt 17

assuming = accepting as true (without really knowing)

Assuming she was even there.
Chpt 18

Assuming that she still wants to.
Chpt 18

It defied the laws of biology, it shattered his assumptions about the man he knew himself to be.
Chpt Epil.

assumptions = beliefs

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(1) (assume as in: I assume it's true)
to accept something as true without proof
(2) (assume as in: She assumed power)
beginning to take power or responsibility
(3) (assume as in: She assumed a false identity)
to take on (adopt, wear, strike a pose or appearance of) -- often while pretending or disguising
(4) (assume as in: assumed into heaven)
to take up or receive someone into heaven