GRE Word List
RUBRIC
an authoritative rule
The meaning of the word rubric is an authoritative rule.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exuberance | the quality or state of being exuberant |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |