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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| incessant | continuing or following without interruption : unceasing |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| nuptial | of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| gnome | maxim |
| wake | to be or remain awake |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |