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 |
|---|---|
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| retaliate | to return like for like |