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 |
|---|---|
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |