GRE Word List
REBUKE
to criticize sharply : reprimand
The meaning of the word rebuke is to criticize sharply : reprimand.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |
| pugilist | fighter |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| rostrum | an ancient Roman platform for public orators |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |