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 |
|---|---|
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| endue | provide |
| bouillon | a clear seasoned soup made usually from lean beef |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| significant | having meaning |