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

WordMeaning
anguishextreme pain, distress, or anxiety
exacerbateto make more violent, bitter, or severe
decantto draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers
riveta headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head
retrospectiveof, relating to, or given to retrospection
stanchto check or stop the flowing of
elusivetending to elude: such as
furtivedone in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious
unfeignednot feigned or hypocritical : genuine
runicany of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries