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 |
|---|---|
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |
| flounder | flatfish |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |