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 |
|---|---|
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| distend | extend |
| irate | roused to ire |