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 |
|---|---|
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| renovate | to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding) |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| filth | foul or putrid matter |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |