GRE Word List
CASTIGATION
to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism
The meaning of the word castigation is to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
lampoon | satire |
fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
sectarian | of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian |
stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
fabricate | invent |
blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |