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 |
|---|---|
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |