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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WordMeaning
corroborateto support with evidence or authority : make more certain
quaffto drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously
expedientsuitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance
chaoticmarked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered
allegeto assert without proof or before proving
concoctto prepare by combining raw materials
corrodeto eat away by degrees as if by gnawing
xenophobiafear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
awean emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime
proscribeto publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state