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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| dissension | disagreement |
| infidel | one who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
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| equity | justice according to natural law or right |