GRE Word List

CHASTISE

to censure severely : castigate

The meaning of the word chastise is to censure severely : castigate.

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WordMeaning
sluran insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion
blueslow spirits : melancholy
ratiocinationthe process of exact thinking : reasoning
insidioushaving a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle
vividvery strong : very high in chroma
immaculatespotlessly clean
torpora state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility
slackento make less active : slow up
recalcitrantobstinately defiant of authority or restraint
somnambulistan abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed