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 |
|---|---|
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| defect | an imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming |