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 |
|---|---|
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |
| protocol | an original draft, minute, or record of a document or transaction |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| typhoon | a hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or the China sea |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |