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 |
|---|---|
| quicksilver | mercury |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| resplendent | shining brilliantly : characterized by a glowing splendor |