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 |
|---|---|
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| pliant | pliable |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| dominate | rule |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| flounder | flatfish |