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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etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
pervasiveexisting in or spreading through every part of something
harbora place of security and comfort : refuge
sepulchera place of burial : tomb
smolderto burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke
obviateto anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary
abolishto end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul
lamentto mourn aloud : wail
notorietythe quality or state of being notorious
sinecurean office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income