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 |
|---|---|
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| lewd | obscene |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| feature | the structure, form, or appearance especially of a person |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |