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 |
|---|---|
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| cataclysm | flood |
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |