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 |
|---|---|
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |