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 |
|---|---|
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| uniformity | the quality or state of being uniform |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |