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 |
|---|---|
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| obstreperous | marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| gamut | the whole series of recognized musical notes |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |