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
leewayan allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance
tortuousmarked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding
entreatto plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently
fracasa noisy quarrel : brawl
thwartto oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of
contaminateto soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association
temporalof or relating to time as opposed to eternity
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
autopsyan examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease
archaichaving the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses