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 |
|---|---|
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| apostate | one who commits apostasy |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |