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 |
|---|---|
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
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| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |