GRE Word List
CRITERIA
standards used in judging; CF. criterion
The meaning of the word criteria is standards used in judging; CF. criterion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acuity | sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing) |
| caustic | burning; corrosive; able to burn by chemical action; sarcastically biting; (of remarks) intended to hurt; bitter; harmful; OP. harmless |
| limber | flexible; supple; pliable; V. |
| breadth | width; extent |
| skittish | inconstant; capricious; frivolous; not serious; Ex. charming but skittish young woman; CF. skit |
| volley | simultaneous discharge of a number of shots; V. |
| prolixity | tedious wordiness; verbosity; ADJ. prolix: wordy; verbose; diffuse |
| seethe | be violently disturbed; boil; (of a liquid) move about wildly as if boiling; Ex. The nation was seething with discontent. |
| peripatetic | walking about from place to place (to work); moving; Ex. peripatetic school of philosophy |
| convoluted | coiled around; twisted; involved; complicated; intricate; complex; N. convolution: twist; one of the convex folds of the surface of the brain |