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 |
|---|---|
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| uproar | a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance |
| sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |