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.

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barristera counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor
festerto generate pus
hiatusa break in or as if in a material object : gap
orientationthe act or process of orienting or of being oriented
synchronoushappening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time
anestheticof, relating to, or capable of producing anesthesia
broachbrooch
exculpateto clear from alleged fault or guilt
proscribeto publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state
advocacythe act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate