GRE Word List
CHASTEN
to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline
The meaning of the word chasten is to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| gracious | marked by kindness and courtesy |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |