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 |
|---|---|
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| wake | to be or remain awake |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |