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 |
|---|---|
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |