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.

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WordMeaning
leerysuspicious
mustera representative specimen (see specimen
germinateto cause to sprout or develop
rigorharsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity
dilatorytending or intended to cause delay
scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
symbiosisthe living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism)
cascadea steep usually small fall of water
sinewyfull of sinews: such as
habituateto make used to something : accustom