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 |
|---|---|
| venison | the edible flesh of a game animal and especially a deer |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |