GRE Word List
RUBRIC
an authoritative rule
The meaning of the word rubric is an authoritative rule.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| minuscule | very small |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| demolition | the act of demolishing |
| beleaguer | besiege |