GRE Word List
MARTINET
a strict disciplinarian
The meaning of the word martinet is a strict disciplinarian.
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| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| medley | a musical composition made up of a series of songs or short pieces |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |