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 |
|---|---|
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |
| heed | to pay attention |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| slew | a large number |
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |