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 |
|---|---|
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| apologist | someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism |
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |