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

WordMeaning
whorla drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle
incessantcontinuing or following without interruption : unceasing
gushto issue copiously or violently
aeriethe nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop
execrabledeserving to be execrated : detestable
substantivehaving substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned
bewitchto influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
causticcapable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive
truisman undoubted or self-evident truth