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 |
|---|---|
| devious | wandering |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| deviate | to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| pastoral | of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen |