GRE Word List
MARTINET
a strict disciplinarian
The meaning of the word martinet is a strict disciplinarian.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |