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 |
| tome | book |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| articulate | expressing oneself readily, clearly, and effectively |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| studied | carefully considered or prepared : thoughtful |