GRE Word List
RUBRIC
an authoritative rule
The meaning of the word rubric is an authoritative rule.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amity | friendship |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| osseous | bony |
| flip | to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |
| brook | creek |