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 |
|---|---|
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| infringe | to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| approbation | commendation |
| sheer | unqualified |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |