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 |
|---|---|
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| throes | pang |
| drab | slattern |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| omniscient | having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight |