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 |
|---|---|
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| spatial | relating to, occupying, or having the character of space |
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| list | a simple series of words or numerals (such as the names of persons or objects) |