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 |
|---|---|
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| vent | to provide with a vent |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| niggle | trifle |