GRE Word List
CHASTISE
to censure severely : castigate
The meaning of the word chastise is to censure severely : castigate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |