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 |
|---|---|
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |