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 |
|---|---|
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| spate | freshet |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |