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.

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WordMeaning
scaffolda temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground
transparenthaving the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid
dissonancelack of agreement
hypochondriachypochondriacal
rabiesan acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated
saccharineof, relating to, or resembling that of sugar
drawto cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull
culinaryof or relating to the kitchen or cookery
reprobatean unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel
maritimeof, relating to, or bordering on the sea