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 |
|---|---|
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| prosper | to succeed in an enterprise or activity |
| avocation | a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |