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 |
|---|---|
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| dyslexia | a variable often familial learning disability involving difficulties in acquiring and processing language that is typically manifested by a lack of proficiency in reading, spelling, and writing |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| ignite | to set afire |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |