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 |
|---|---|
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| exhume | disinter |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
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| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |