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 |
|---|---|
| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| aegis | a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| inflated | distended with air or gas |