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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doggerelloosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect
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capillaryresembling a hair especially in slender elongated form
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