GRE Word List
RUBRIC
an authoritative rule
The meaning of the word rubric is an authoritative rule.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| luxuriate | to grow profusely : thrive |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| unique | being the only one : sole |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |