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 |
|---|---|
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| servile | of or befitting a menial position |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| license | permission to act |
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| culinary | of or relating to the kitchen or cookery |
| clientele | a body of clients |