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
pronouncedstrongly marked : decided
shirkto go stealthily : sneak
inroadan advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something
unkemptnot combed
cataclysmflood
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
perditioneternal damnation
ascendancygoverning or controlling influence : domination
daisa raised platform (as in a hall or large room)
acerbitythe quality of being acerbic