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.

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WordMeaning
dynamicmarked by usually continuous and productive activity or change
sparenot being used
listlesscharacterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit
vagrantone who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support
languiddrooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak
bromidea binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives
hauntto visit often : frequent
primatea bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation
decrepitwasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age
assertto state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively