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 |
|---|---|
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| approbation | commendation |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |