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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |