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
vigilantea member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate)
rehabilitateto restore to a former capacity : reinstate
presentimenta feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition
flusterto put into a state of agitated confusion : upset
extrinsicnot forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous
apeany of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon)
archipelagoan expanse of water with many scattered islands
provenderdry food for domestic animals : feed
transpireto take place : go on
piscatorialpiscatory