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 |
|---|---|
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |