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 |
|---|---|
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| circuit | a usually circular line encompassing an area |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |