GRE Word List
RUBRIC
an authoritative rule
The meaning of the word rubric is an authoritative rule.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| aplomb | complete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| prosperous | auspicious |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |