GRE Word List
MARTINET
a strict disciplinarian
The meaning of the word martinet is a strict disciplinarian.
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 |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| influx | a coming in |
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| frolic | full of fun : merry |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| convention | agreement |