GRE Word List
RUBRIC
an authoritative rule
The meaning of the word rubric is an authoritative rule.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| comestible | edible |
| catholic | roman catholic |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| smear | a viscous or sticky substance |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |