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
mediateoccupying a middle position
intersticea space that intervenes between things
forteone's strong point
gruffrough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect
humblenot proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive
centaurany of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly
multiplicitythe quality or state of being multiple or various
willfulobstinately and often perversely self-willed
parameteran arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves)
tremulouscharacterized by or affected with trembling or tremors