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 |
|---|---|
| slake | subside |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |