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
goadto incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad
inductto put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install
gruelingtrying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing
elaborateplanned or carried out with great care
plumagethe feathers of a bird
officiousvolunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome
dramaa composition (see composition
preemptto acquire (something, such as land) by preemption
lacklusterlacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull
prototypean original model on which something is patterned : archetype