GRE Word List
CHASTISE
to censure severely : castigate
The meaning of the word chastise is to censure severely : castigate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| occult | to shut off from view or exposure : cover |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| shambles | a meat market |