GRE Word List

RUBRIC

an authoritative rule

The meaning of the word rubric is an authoritative rule.

Random words

WordMeaning
deportto send out of the country by legal deportation
cadencethe beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity
temporizeto act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion
uninhibitedfree from inhibition
factiousof or relating to faction: such as
overtopen to view : manifest
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
disgorgeto discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit
tribulationdistress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution
quaintpleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar