GRE Word List
CULPRIT
one accused of or charged with a crime
The meaning of the word culprit is one accused of or charged with a crime.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| physiognomy | the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |