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 |
|---|---|
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| tart | agreeably sharp or acid to the taste |
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| cataclysm | flood |