GRE Word List
CHASTISE
to censure severely : castigate
The meaning of the word chastise is to censure severely : castigate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| expatriate | banish |
| imply | to express indirectly |
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
| marrow | bone marrow |