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 |
|---|---|
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| sadistic | of, relating to, or characterized by sadism |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |