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 |
|---|---|
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |
| palatial | of, relating to, or being a palace |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| prosperous | auspicious |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
