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 |
|---|---|
| arrhythmic | lacking rhythm or regularity |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |