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 |
|---|---|
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| conscientious | meticulous |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| exhume | disinter |
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |