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.

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ovationa ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted
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contentiona point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument
incensematerial used to produce a fragrant odor when burned
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rambleto move aimlessly from place to place
projectilea body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia
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