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 |
|---|---|
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| provenance | origin |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |