GRE Word List
ATTRIBUTE
a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something
The meaning of the word attribute is a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| defalcate | deduct |
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |