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 |
|---|---|
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| reaper | one that reaps |
| ductile | capable of being drawn out (see draw |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |