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 |
|---|---|
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| monotony | tedious sameness |
| occident | west |
| ebullient | boiling |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |