GRE Word List

MARTINET

a strict disciplinarian

The meaning of the word martinet is a strict disciplinarian.

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WordMeaning
prostratestretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission
eloquencediscourse marked by force and persuasiveness
smudgeto make a smudge on
comityfriendly social atmosphere : social harmony
penancean act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification
moodinesssubject to depression : gloomy
superciliouscoolly and patronizingly haughty
infringeto encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another
inamorataa woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations
supposititiousfraudulently substituted : spurious