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 |
|---|---|
| delusive | likely to delude |
| tract | a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| momentum | a property (see property |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |