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 |
|---|---|
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |