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 |
|---|---|
| momentum | a property (see property |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| forte | one's strong point |
| indelible | that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |