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 |
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| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| romp | one that romps |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| cue | the letter q |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |