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 |
|---|---|
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |