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 |
|---|---|
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |
| anarchy | absence of government |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |