GRE Word List
RUBRIC
an authoritative rule
The meaning of the word rubric is an authoritative rule.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| quarry | game |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |