GRE Word List
CHASTISE
to censure severely : castigate
The meaning of the word chastise is to censure severely : castigate.
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| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| accessory | an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others |