GRE Word List
RUBRIC
an authoritative rule
The meaning of the word rubric is an authoritative rule.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |