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 |
|---|---|
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| brawny | muscular |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |