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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burlesquea literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation
confinesomething (such as borders or walls) that encloses
ferreta domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat
avalanchea large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice
retrospectiveof, relating to, or given to retrospection
dishonorlack or loss of honor or reputation
languorweakness or weariness of body or mind
sheatheto put into or furnish with a sheath
decoya pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture
abstemiousmarked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol