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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gorycovered with gore : bloodstained
pendingduring
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phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
comportto be fitting : accord
impingeencroach
heterodoxcontrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox
beneficentdoing or producing good
catholicroman catholic
felineof, relating to, or affecting cats or the cat family