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 |
|---|---|
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| wholesome | promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit |