GRE Word List
MARTINET
a strict disciplinarian
The meaning of the word martinet is a strict disciplinarian.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| infringe | to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |