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 |
|---|---|
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| liability | the quality or state of being liable |
| demise | death |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |