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 |
|---|---|
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| blackball | to vote against |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| feature | the structure, form, or appearance especially of a person |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |