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 |
|---|---|
| vulture | any 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 |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |
| inequity | injustice |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |