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 |
|---|---|
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |