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 |
|---|---|
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| monotony | tedious sameness |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
| plaudit | an act or round of applause |