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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vociferousmarked by or given to vehement insistent outcry
sustainto give support or relief to
ramshackleappearing ready to collapse : rickety
corpusclea minute particle
venialof a kind that can be remitted : forgivable
peripatetica follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism
avalanchea large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice
feeblemindedimpaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability
prominentstanding out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant
retaliateto return like for like