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 |
|---|---|
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| fester | to generate pus |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |