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 |
|---|---|
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| allegiance | the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord |