GRE Word List
RUBRIC
an authoritative rule
The meaning of the word rubric is an authoritative rule.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
