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 |
|---|---|
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| regiment | a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| beguile | hoodwink |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| convivial | relating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |
| devious | wandering |