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 |
|---|---|
| replicate | duplicate |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| decipher | decode |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| offensive | making attack : aggressive |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |