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 |
|---|---|
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| headlong | headfirst |
| inductive | of, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction |
| glitter | to shine by reflection with many small flashes of brilliant light : sparkle |