GRE Word List
RUBRIC
an authoritative rule
The meaning of the word rubric is an authoritative rule.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| medium | something in a middle position |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
| gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |