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 |
|---|---|
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| prattle | prate |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |