GRE Word List
CHASTISE
to censure severely : castigate
The meaning of the word chastise is to censure severely : castigate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| expatriate | banish |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |