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 |
|---|---|
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |
| salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |