GRE Word List
MARTINET
a strict disciplinarian
The meaning of the word martinet is a strict disciplinarian.
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| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| nib | bill |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| delusive | likely to delude |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |