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 |
|---|---|
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| bank | a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |