GRE Word List
PUNITIVE
punishing; Ex. punitive measures
The meaning of the word punitive is punishing; Ex. punitive measures.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| captious | faultfinding; too critical |
| mangy | shabby; wretched; suffering from mange; of bad appearance |
| medium | element that is a creature's natural environment; nutrient setting in which microorganisms are cultivated; appropriate occupation or means of expression; channel of communication; compromise; middle position between extremes; intervening substance through which something else is transmitted |
| maudlin | effusively sentimental |
| roster | list (of names) |
| pen | fenced enclosure for animals; confining space; Ex. sheep pen; V: confine in a pen; enclose |
| relegate | put into a lower or worse place; banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign; Ex. relegate the old furniture to the children's room; Ex. relegated to the second division |
| elixir | cure-all; panacea; something invigorating |
| notch | V-shaped cut in a surface; V. |
| scad | a great quantity; Ex. scads of clothes |
