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 |
|---|---|
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| ram | a male sheep |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| perfidious | of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |