GRE Word List
RUBRIC
an authoritative rule
The meaning of the word rubric is an authoritative rule.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| ramification | branch |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| fiend | devil |