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 |
|---|---|
| florid | very flowery in style : ornate |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| reverberate | reflect |