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

WordMeaning
spatsquabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel
bowdlerizeto expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar
willowyabounding with willows
voracioushaving a huge appetite : ravenous
tenaciousnot easily pulled apart : cohesive
corrodeto eat away by degrees as if by gnawing
ransackto look through thoroughly in often a rough way
institutionalizeto make into an institution : give character of an institution to
memoiran official note or report : memorandum
prototypean original model on which something is patterned : archetype