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 |
|---|---|
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| hale | free from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| courier | messenger |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| acclaim | applaud |