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 |
|---|---|
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| address | to mark directions for delivery on |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| arable | fit for or used for the growing of crops |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |