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 |
|---|---|
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| ignite | to set afire |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |