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 |
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| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| piscatorial | piscatory |