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

WordMeaning
aggrandizeto make great or greater : increase
impudencethe quality or state of being impudent
deignto condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop
gustthe sensation of taste
blackballto vote against
pathosan element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
featurethe structure, form, or appearance especially of a person
adverseacting against or in a contrary direction : hostile
sultryvery hot and humid : sweltering