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

WordMeaning
sportivefrolicsome
exoticintroduced from another country : not native to the place where found
craveto ask for earnestly : beg
equineof, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family
menageriea place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition
worldlyof, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs
censurea judgment involving condemnation
dallyto act playfully
blueof the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue
reactionaryrelating to, marked by, or favoring reaction