GRE Word List
PUNITIVE
inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment
The meaning of the word punitive is inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| daub | to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster |