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 |
|---|---|
| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| chaotic | marked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |
| concoct | to prepare by combining raw materials |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |