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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WordMeaning
exactto call for forcibly or urgently and obtain
genericrelating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general
saturnineborn under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn
slanderto utter slander against : defame
projectilea body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia
haggardnot tamed
rabidextremely violent : furious
solicitorone that solicits
somnolentof a kind likely to induce sleep
genesisthe origin or coming into being of something