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 |
|---|---|
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| ramification | branch |
| crass | gross |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| eccentricity | the quality or state of being eccentric |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |