GRE Word List
MARTINET
a strict disciplinarian
The meaning of the word martinet is a strict disciplinarian.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| foray | a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |