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 |
|---|---|
| regiment | a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| rostrum | an ancient Roman platform for public orators |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |