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 |
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| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| deify | to make a god of |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |