GRE Word List
CHASTISE
to censure severely : castigate
The meaning of the word chastise is to censure severely : castigate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| witless | destitute of wit or understanding : foolish |
| encompass | include |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |