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 |
|---|---|
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| tablet | a flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| antecede | precede |
| residue | something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| gibberish | unintelligible or meaningless language: |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |