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
annotateto make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment
psychosisa serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions
persistto go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning
whelpany of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog
conjectureinference formed without proof or sufficient evidence
penologya branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders
hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral
rusea wily subterfuge
upbraidto criticize severely : find fault with
contritefeeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc.