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 |
|---|---|
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |
| paramour | lover |
| nutritious | nourishing |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| conflagration | fire |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| babble | to talk enthusiastically or excessively |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |