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
commemorateto call to remembrance
pyromaniaca person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania
fastidiousshowing or demanding excessive delicacy or care
succumbto yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire
demoniacpossessed or influenced by a demon
complacencyself-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies
reclineto cause or permit to incline backwards
panga brief piercing spasm of pain
touchingcapable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion
incantationa use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic