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 |
|---|---|
| exude | to ooze out |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| overthrow | overturn |
| masquerade | a social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastic costumes |
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |
| kismet | fate |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |