GRE Word List
CHIDE
to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke
The meaning of the word chide is to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke.
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|---|---|
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| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
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| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| spoof | deceive |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
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| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |