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 |
|---|---|
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| incessant | continuing or following without interruption : unceasing |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| bewitch | to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |