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 |
|---|---|
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| exegesis | exposition |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| epaulet | something that ornaments or protects the shoulder: such as |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |