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 |
|---|---|
| cue | the letter q |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| ebullient | boiling |