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 |
|---|---|
| sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |
| docile | easily taught |
| bliss | complete happiness |
| abusive | using harsh, insulting language |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| concoct | to prepare by combining raw materials |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |