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 |
|---|---|
| vendetta | blood feud |
| phenomena | phenomenon |
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |