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 |
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clangor | a resounding clang or medley of clangs |
ravenous | rapacious |
entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |