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 |
|---|---|
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| hortatory | hortative |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| anguish | extreme pain, distress, or anxiety |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |