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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vultureany of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
precedentprior in time, order, arrangement, or significance
presagesomething that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen
cataracta clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light
inequityinjustice
abolishto end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul
groovea long narrow channel or depression
secularof or relating to the worldly or temporal
grumbleto mutter in discontent
far-fetchedbrought from a remote time or place