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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| podium | a low wall serving as a foundation or terrace wall: such as |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| filial | of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| sanction | a formal decree |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |