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 |
|---|---|
| ideology | a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| decipher | decode |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| consort | associate |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |