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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| calculated | apt |
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| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| ram | a male sheep |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| toga | the loose outer garment worn in public by citizens of ancient Rome |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
