GRE Word List
MARTINET
a strict disciplinarian
The meaning of the word martinet is a strict disciplinarian.
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|---|---|
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| actuary | clerk |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| adjutant | a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
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