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 |
|---|---|
| parlance | speech |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| personable | pleasant or amiable in person : attractive |
| conflagration | fire |
| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |