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 |
|---|---|
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| thesis | a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| implement | a device used in the performance of a task : tool |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |