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 |
|---|---|
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| drama | a composition (see composition |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| lackluster | lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |