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 |
|---|---|
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |