GRE Word List
CHASTISE
to censure severely : castigate
The meaning of the word chastise is to censure severely : castigate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| immaculate | spotlessly clean |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |