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 |
|---|---|
| charlatan | quack |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| prosperity | the condition of being successful or thriving |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |