GRE Word List
RUBRIC
an authoritative rule
The meaning of the word rubric is an authoritative rule.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| compact | predominantly formed or filled : composed |