GRE Word List
MARTINET
a strict disciplinarian
The meaning of the word martinet is a strict disciplinarian.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| irate | roused to ire |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| growl | rumble |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| lustrous | reflecting light evenly and efficiently without glitter or sparkle |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |