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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WordMeaning
conceptionthe process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both
barristera counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor
prescienceforeknowledge of events:
confiscateappropriated by the government : forfeited
atypicalnot typical : irregular
ventto provide with a vent
fulminateto utter or send out with denunciation
concomitantaccompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way
suitorone that petitions or entreats
masticateto grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew