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 |
|---|---|
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| gazette | newspaper |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| catapult | an ancient military device for hurling missiles |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| progeny | descendants |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |