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 |
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compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
phenomena | phenomenon |
surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
snivel | to run at the nose |
discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
ramification | branch |