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 |
|---|---|
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| fuddle | booze |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| deviate | to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| ecstasy | a state of overwhelming emotion |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |