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 |
|---|---|
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |