GRE Word List

MARTINET

a strict disciplinarian

The meaning of the word martinet is a strict disciplinarian.

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vapidlacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit : flat
purveyorone that purveys
violatebreak
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
illimitableincapable of being limited or bounded : measureless
vultureany 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
perimeterthe boundary of a closed plane figure
compensatoryto be equivalent to : counterbalance
pathosan element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion
exploitdeed