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 |
|---|---|
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| pore | to gaze intently |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |