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 |
|---|---|
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| eulogy | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |