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
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| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| stilted | pompous |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
| nomenclature | name |
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |
| clangor | a resounding clang or medley of clangs |