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 |
|---|---|
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| stench | stink |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |