GRE Word List
REPROVE
to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent
The meaning of the word reprove is to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| daub | to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |