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.

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WordMeaning
indigencea level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking
permissivegranted on sufferance : tolerated
voluptuoussuggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form
oozea soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water
wholesomepromoting health or well-being of mind or spirit
beseechto beg for urgently or anxiously
distinctionthe act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference
atypicalnot typical : irregular
qualmsa feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety
diurnalactive chiefly in the daytime