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 |
|---|---|
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| swipe | a strong sweeping blow |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |
| physiological | of or relating to physiology |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |