GRE Word List
RUBRIC
an authoritative rule
The meaning of the word rubric is an authoritative rule.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| tramp | to walk, tread, or step especially heavily |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| dys- | abnormal |
| postulate | demand |
| spoof | deceive |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |