GRE Word List
REBUKE
to criticize sharply : reprimand
The meaning of the word rebuke is to criticize sharply : reprimand.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| dynamo | generator |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| hibernal | of, relating to, or occurring in winter |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |