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 |
|---|---|
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |
| tract | a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |