The term ________ means standard or rule for judging, and its plural form is ________.
A)critic; critices
B)critical; criticalities
C)criteria; criterias
D)criterion; criteria
E)cryptogram; cryptograms

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The term that means standard or rule for judging is criterion and its plural form is criteria. Option A is incorrect because critic refers to a person who judges and its plural form is critics. Option B is incorrect because criticality refers to the state of being critical and its plural form is criticalities. Option C is incorrect because criteria is the correct plural form of criterion, and adding an -s to the end is not necessary. Option E is incorrect because cryptogram refers to a message written in a secret code and its plural form is cryptograms, which is irrelevant to the definition given.

The Term ________ Means Standard or Rule for Judging, and Its