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 |
|---|---|
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |