GRE Word List
CHASTISE
to censure severely : castigate
The meaning of the word chastise is to censure severely : castigate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| reek | smoke |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| sidetrack | siding |
| converse | to exchange thoughts and opinions in speech : talk |