GRE Word List
RUBRIC
an authoritative rule
The meaning of the word rubric is an authoritative rule.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |