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 |
|---|---|
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |