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 |
|---|---|
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| rent | property (such as a house) rented or for rent |
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| giddy | dizzy |
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
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| chancellor | the secretary of a nobleman, prince, or king |