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 |
|---|---|
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| repose | a state of resting after exertion or strain |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |