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 |
|---|---|
| address | to mark directions for delivery on |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |
| marshal | a high official in the household of a medieval king, prince, or noble originally having charge of the cavalry but later usually in command of the military forces |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| slick | having a smooth surface : slippery |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |