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 |
|---|---|
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| yen | a strong desire or propensity |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |