GRE Word List
ASCRIBE
to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing
The meaning of the word ascribe is to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
| cohorts | companion |
| belated | delayed beyond the usual time |