GRE Word List
REPRIMAND
a severe or formal reproof
The meaning of the word reprimand is a severe or formal reproof.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| reputed | having a good repute : reputable |
| mauve | a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color |
| maroon | a dark red |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |