GRE Word List
PUNITIVE
inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment
The meaning of the word punitive is inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment.
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cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
calligraphy | artistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering |
acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
mongrel | an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed |
recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |