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 |
|---|---|
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| coda | a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| relish | characteristic flavor |
| rift | fissure |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |