GRE Word List
CRITERIA
a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based
The meaning of the word criteria is a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| arrhythmic | lacking rhythm or regularity |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |