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 |
|---|---|
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| corporeal | having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| colander | a perforated utensil for washing or draining food |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |