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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |