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 |
|---|---|
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| delve | excavate |