GRE Word List
CHASTISE
to censure severely : castigate
The meaning of the word chastise is to censure severely : castigate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| conveyance | the action of conveying |
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| cubicle | a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |