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 |
|---|---|
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| resurge | to undergo a resurgence |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |