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
preento groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland
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extricateto free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty
fugitiverunning away or intending flight
nascentcoming or having recently come into existence
offensivemaking attack : aggressive
spectralof, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly
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incurto become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself
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