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 |
|---|---|
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| equine | of, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| defiance | the act or an instance of defying : challenge |