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re·proof·less, adjective
self-re·proof, noun
Synonyms
1. rebuke, reproach, remonstrance, chiding.
1. rebuke, reproach, remonstrance, chiding.
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Reproof
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is flippant. Does it mean:
| showing inappropriate levity |
| presenting favorable circumstances |
Example Sentences
- Another table picks it up, then another and another, a chorus of reproof.
- Christine seemed alarmingly solid and beyond reproof.
- His onstage belligerence and posturing have also occasioned strong critical reproof.
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Word Origin & History
reproof
c.1300, "shame, disgrace," from O.Fr. reprove, from reprover "to blame" (see reprove). Meaning "censure, rebuke" is recorded from c.1350.
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