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 |
|---|---|
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| clipper | one that clips something |
| heterogeneous | consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed |
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |