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 |
|---|---|
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| treasure | wealth (such as money, jewels, or precious metals) stored up or hoarded |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |