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 |
|---|---|
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| resplendent | shining brilliantly : characterized by a glowing splendor |
| 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 |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| rift | fissure |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |