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 |
|---|---|
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| dishonor | lack or loss of honor or reputation |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |