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 |
|---|---|
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |