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 |
|---|---|
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| charlatan | quack |
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| boor | peasant |