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 |
|---|---|
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| chortle | to sing or chant exultantly |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| swipe | a strong sweeping blow |
| eulogistic | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |