This week's theme
Words that can't be analyzed easily

This week's words
recapitulate
degust
reprove
prorogue
repose

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PRONUNCIATION:

(ri-PROOV)

MEANING:

verb tr.: To reprimand or censure.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin reprobare (to disapprove), from re- (opposite) + probare (to approve), from probus (good). Earliest documented use: 1330.

USAGE:

"The coroner then reproved them for their 'un-Englishman-like conduct'."
Sandra Hempel; John St John Long; The Lancet (London, UK); May 3, 2014.

See more usage examples of reprove in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.

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