GRE Word List

MARTINET

a strict disciplinarian

The meaning of the word martinet is a strict disciplinarian.

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seminaryan environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated
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excerpta passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract
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