GRE Word List
RUBRIC
an authoritative rule
The meaning of the word rubric is an authoritative rule.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| crestfallen | having a drooping crest or hanging head |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| forebears | ancestor |