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 |
|---|---|
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |