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 |
|---|---|
| monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is but one God |
| insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
| enamored | affected by strong feelings of love, admiration, or fascination |
| fete | festival |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |