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 |
|---|---|
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| obsidian | a dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |