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 |
|---|---|
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |