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 |
|---|---|
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |