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 |
|---|---|
| bliss | complete happiness |
| sheer | unqualified |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| replicate | duplicate |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| homespun | spun or made at home |