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 |
|---|---|
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |