GRE Word List
CHASTISE
to censure severely : castigate
The meaning of the word chastise is to censure severely : castigate.
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|---|---|
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| occident | west |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
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