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 |
|---|---|
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| concoct | to prepare by combining raw materials |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| quizzical | comically quaint |