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

WordMeaning
adeptthoroughly proficient : expert
noxiousphysically harmful or destructive to living beings
beholdenbeing under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted
hazymade dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze
stalematea drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play
influxa coming in
poulticea soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions
scorchto burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture
exceptwith the exclusion or exception of
egothe self especially as contrasted with another self or the world