GRE Word List

PUNITIVE

inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment

The meaning of the word punitive is inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment.

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WordMeaning
domineerto exercise arbitrary or overbearing control
championa winner of first prize or first place in competition
hereafterafter this in sequence or in time
flipto toss so as to cause to turn over in the air
noosea loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn
cemeterya burial ground
jingoistextreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy
filialof, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter
gaudyostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented
fanciedimagined or believed to be true or real