GRE Word List
CHASTISE
to censure severely : castigate
The meaning of the word chastise is to censure severely : castigate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| lewd | obscene |
| fluke | flatfish |