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 |
|---|---|
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| cryptic | secret |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |