GRE Word List
RUBRIC
an authoritative rule
The meaning of the word rubric is an authoritative rule.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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dainty | something delicious to the taste |
dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
apocalyptic | of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse |
defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
contrive | devise |
uproarious | marked by uproar |