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 |
|---|---|
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| witless | destitute of wit or understanding : foolish |
| enclave | a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory |
| significant | having meaning |