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 |
|---|---|
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| retribution | recompense |
| scotch | scottish |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| archaeology | the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |