GRE Word List
CHASTISE
to censure severely : castigate
The meaning of the word chastise is to censure severely : castigate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| transcendental | transcendent |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| dys- | abnormal |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |