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 |
|---|---|
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| violate | break |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |