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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soothsayera person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator
beseechto beg for urgently or anxiously
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
mimean ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner
weirdof strange or extraordinary character : odd
penetrateto pass into or through
stratuma bed or layer artificially made
oracularresembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery)
totterto move unsteadily : stagger
studiousassiduous in the pursuit of learning