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 |
|---|---|
| madrigal | a medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |