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 |
|---|---|
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| magnate | a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| odorous | having an odor: such as |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |