GRE Word List
RUBRIC
an authoritative rule
The meaning of the word rubric is an authoritative rule.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| hierarchy | a division of angels |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |