Read the excerpt from The Secret Garden. The native servants she had been used to in India were not in the least like this. They were obsequious and servile and did not presume to talk to their masters as if they were equals. The definition of presume is "to do something without permission. " Which context clue confirms this meaning? Presume is an antonym of servant. Presume is a synonym of servant. Presume is a verb describing how the masters acted. Presume is a verb describing how the servants did not act