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 |
|---|---|
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| statutory | of or relating to statutes |
| incline | to bend the head or body forward : bow |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| warranted | sanction |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |